Er… but is it? I'd say, for the tourism industry at least, the world's environment is not presently a happy place at all - wouldn't you agree?
And if any industry stood to gain from a cleaner environment, surely it'd be tourism. The world's getting faster and smaller every day and most people who become tourists live in the cities - which means that if there's one thing that almost every holiday maker wants at one time or another, it's to get away into the peace and quiet of nature.
So forget about beds or seats - nature is much of the tourism industry's real inventory.
[Read more... then click the title of this posting or http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/happy-world-environment-day/ to read Knysna-based Martin Hatchuel's weekly ThisTourismWeek (www.thistourismweek.co.za) column]
About Martin Hatchuel's ThisTourismWeek:
"This Tourism Week is my on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa. And "I" am Martin Hatchuel, a BarefootWriter (www.barefootclients.co.za) living in Knysna on the Garden Route Coast - one of South Africa's Tourism Hotspots - and, with 15 years experience in the tourism industry followed by 8 years as a tourism writer, I'm more than qualified to say my say."
I love your photo Martin!
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