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The German Chamber Network

Linking business and development policy

New Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mozambique wants to engage private-sector companies for development goals

Editorial

Unwitting exploitation

Consumer responsibility matters in the tourism industry

Favelas

“Different from what visitors expect”

Oberdan Basilio Chagas guides visitors through his favela

Potential of tourism

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

Tourism can be made sustainable if the industry respects local people and protects the environment

Hotels

Dimensions of responsibility

Things managers must consider if they want to run a hotel sustainably

Economic development

Revival strategy

Kenya’s government wants to kick-start growth in tourism

Hotels

Benefit the host community

Tourists appreciate eco-friendly hotels, but often don’t want to pay the price

Sexual abuse

Depressing aspects of tourism

Even though prostitution is illegal, sex tourists leave a mark on Kenya’s coastal communities

Wool

“The finer, the better”

Cashmere from Kyrgyzstan is distributed on global scale – the primary producers, however, do not get a fair price

Community-based tourism

Off the beaten track

How tourism can make a difference in Cata, a rural community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province

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