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Is travel ever green?

Broadcast: Midmorning, 06/23/2008, 10:06 a.m.
Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/08/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Tourists are increasingly seeking vacations that support local cultures and the environment. Now this new style of ecotourism is struggling to define itself.

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  • Martha Honey: Co-director of the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development. She is author of "Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise?"
  • Joe McInerny: CEO of American Hotel and Lodging Association.

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