ecotourism

Proposal for Specialised Tour Guide Licence in Hong Kong

Here's something I wrote recently, at request of Coalition for Sustainable Tourism. Came after some years railing against batty local regulations, that mean officially can't accept freelance tour guides in Hong Kong.

A Modest Proposal for Fostering Ecotourism in Hong Kong, and so Diversifying and Modernising the Local Tourism Industry, and Boosting Livelihoods Across Hong Kong

Submitted by Martin Williams on 18 January 2009 - 3:34pm

Discover HK Nature booklet

At the end of 2006, the Hong Kong Tourism Board published a booklet I helped with (writing, and contributed some photos). Discover Hong Kong Nature: 84 pages, covering range of places including the Peak, Mai Po Marshes, Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung), Cheung Chau, Peng Chau and Tai O. English only (so far). Shot here shows cover; and some pages inside.


Free (aimed at overseas tourists) from HKTB places - including in Causeway Bay MTR station (exit towards Jardine's Bazaar), also Star Ferry TST pier.
Or you can download pdf files with the info, maps and photos via the HKTB page Discover Hong Kong Nature (though downloads didn't work for me with Firefox; on my Mac, ok with Safari).
Submitted by DocMartin on 5 December 2006 - 5:20pm

Hong Kong Style Eco-tourism

Today's South China Morning Post has an article on coral tour boats at Hoi Ha - prompting comment from me about Hong Kong "eco-tours".

A reporter went out on a so-called "eco-tour" - which proved to be a 10-minute coral-viewing trip, with "no introduction or explanation of what we saw." This hardly seems atypical in Hong Kong - where "eco-tourism" has become a highly misused buzz word, sometimes having about as much to do with real eco-tourism as my piano playing has to do with classical music. (I can't even play Chopsticks.)

Submitted by DocMartin on 29 March 2004 - 4:01pm
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