Protest against tourism in Burma at World Travel Market Exhibition
awyame | 17.11.2007 23:31 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | London
with participants from the global travel trade industry held a World Responsible Tourism Day on November 14th. The Burmese Democratic Movement Association (www.bdmauk.org) organised a protest against tourism in Burma that is a major source of finance for the repressive regime. They called for a boycott of travel companies at the exhibition that were involved in tourism in Burma, such as Orient Express. Burma spends 40% of GDP on the army, in a war on its own people. Many of the facilities used by tourists have been built with forced labour.
Boycott Burma Holidays - How tourism benefits Burma’s dictators
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/action_holiday.html
Burma Campaign Dirty List of Companies
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/dirty_list/dirty_list.html
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