Thiruvananthapuram 18/07/2011: We strongly condemn the attack on the journalist Sunil Issac of REPORTER channel and their cameraman Limesh by a private resort group in Chettukundu in Bekal ,Kasaragode yesterday. We demand to the state government that freedom and protection of journalists should be ensured and the culprits should be booked under the law.

EQUATIONS statement on World Tourism Day 27 September 2010

The High Level Dialogue on Tourism, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, the host of the WTD celebrations, will reportedly debate issues ranging from the economic value of biodiversity for tourism, to how to integrate biodiversity protection into planning for sustainable tourism. We wonder, if apart from the UNWTO itself, anyone else actually believes its propaganda!

World Tourism Day Statement, 2010
ECOT-Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism

Tourism has turned biodiversity into one of its most marketable assets. Images of the natural environment, unspoiled rainforests, crystal clear waters, wild life in their natural habitat are a standard fare in the myriad tourism advertising programmes such as Incredible India and Amazing Thailand, drawing visitors to all parts of the world.

COP15, 7-18 December 2009

A Statement by the Ecumenical Coalition On Tourism (ECOT), endorsed by Acció per un Turisme Responsible (ATR), Alba Sud, Alternative Tourism Group (ATG), Asian Muslim Action Network, Asian Resource Foundation, Caritas Asia, Christian Conference of Asia, Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), Commission on Justice, Peace and Creation of National Council of Churches India (NCCI), Echoway, EQUATIONS,Imagine Peace, KABANI‐ the Other Direction, Korea Anabaptist Centre, Mangrove Action Project (MAP), Pacific Conference of churches (PCC), Peace for Life (PfL), Christian Church of Bali (GKPB), Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Manajemen Dhyana Pura (STIM DP– School of Advanced Scientific Management).

Kerala Tourism Watch has endorsed the Call for Action on Mega Resorts issued by the Global Tourism Interventions Forum.
For further details and to endorse this campaign, write to:

EQUATIONS, #415, 2nd C-cross, 4th main, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi
Bangalore 560043, India (Telephone: +91-80-25457607/25457659
Fax: +91-80-25457665)E-mail: campaigns@equitabletourism.org
URL: www.equitabletourism.org Or tourism investigation & monitoring team (tim-team), P.O. Box 51 Chorakhebua, Bangkok 10230, Thailand, Email: timteam02@yahoo.com, Webpage: http://www.twnside.org.sg/tour.htm

Thiruvananthapuram, 06/03/02009: The Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF), Kerala Tourism Watch,Kerala United Fisheries Forum,Alleppy, KABANI – the other direction in joint press release demands a transparent, democratic and participatory public hearing on the artificial reef project, Kovalam.

World Social Forum, Belém do Pará – Brazil, 28 January to 1 February 2009

We, participants of the Global Tourism Interventions Forum, which took place between 28 January and 1 February during the World Social Forum in Belém of Pará, Brazil, Pan-Amazon region, members of organizations of countries of Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, affirm that another tourism is possible and urgent!

Letter to Tourism Authorities in India/Kerala from International Organizations supporting the demand for the Closure of Trivandrum Golf Club

From Tourism investigation & monitoring team (tim-team), On behalf of the Global Anti-Golf Course Movement's (GAG'M).

Coordinating groups: Third World Network (TWN); Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), Malaysia; Friends of the Earth (FoE), Malaysia; Tourism Investigation & Monitoring Team (tim-team) Thailand; Global Network for Anti-Golf Course Action (GNAGA), Japan; Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE), USA; GAG'M liaison initiative UK (Desmond Fernandes)

Additional signatories: Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), United Kingdom; Tourism Action Group, Philippines 

Joint Statement from KERALA TOURISM WATCH, EQUATIONS & KABANI – the other direction

Statement urges Kerala Government to abandon the Trivandrum golf course. It should be converted as a public bio diversity park for conservation and education. Abusing the public resources for protecting the hobby of few vested elites in the city can no longer be permitted.