18th May 2021, Open Space Session at AEPF

Tourism is at a standstill, isn't it? While leisure and business mobility are reduced dramatically and workers in tourism are suffering, the development of new tourism infrastructure has not paused. On the contrary, in the name of COVID recovery, governments and investors are speeding up the ‘re-start’ of already contested plans for tourism development. The often used term “building back better” is dangerous lip service, as the public recovery programmes are consistently supporting an old, extractive and carbon-intensive tourism model. This is instead of boosting the necessary transformation of tourism.

Speakers:

Prof. Andreas Neef | Professor in Development Studies at Auckland University, New Zealand
Herman Kumara | National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO), Sri Lanka
Solano Da Silva | Assistant Professor at BITS-Pilani, India
Susan Herawati Romica | Koalisi Rakyat untuk Keadilan Perikanan (KIARA), Indonesia
Shankar Limbu | Lawyers' Association Human Rights for Nepalese Indigenous People, Nepal
Signe Leth | International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Bangladesh
Macià Blázquez Salom | University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

Moderation:

Antje Monshausen | Tourism Watch at Bread for the World, Germany
Joyatri Ray | EQUATIONS - Equitable Tourism Options, India
Nayana Udayashankar | EQUATIONS - Equitable Tourism Options, India