Thursday, December 2, 2010

Alternative travel experience a return to basics

 Travel to and ecological environment? Visitors how to experience the local customs? Tourism receipts to improve the quality of life for local people? Sustainable development of tourism can practice? In addition to traditional sightseeing, taking pictures, shopping, rush, pass, line up, tickets , eating and drinking, karaoke OK, cars on the clogged, waste, pollution, excessive, overload, over more than fees, may have other options? end of last year and early this year, I had the opportunity to participate in two of the field of tourism, to inspiration for me. my mind is to take the ferry on the river in Myanmar's natural beauty and enjoy a donkey cart ride into the history and culture of Cambodia.
candle lit, and the ferry's restaurant to open their doors to welcome the guests coming from from the shadow sunset after reading the open deck, with over into the seat. This is just a night of Christmas Eve, the atmosphere particularly grand. the start, lights dim, leaving only a small white candle Jizhan point, suddenly came the waves of children from the hall song, they are a local orphanage children, were invited to sing hymns reported good news, to non-standard pronunciation, the most extraordinary songs, dressed in the most simple to guests from around the world to send a few 6 star international tour arrangements, dinner at the end of the ferry service manager with the orphans, the reception to bid farewell to the guests tells them after the tourism receipts from the money allocated to the fixed contributions to local orphanages, and with the sanction of the presence of guests .
get up 5:30 am, the first leg of what is not rushing to the spot, but the arrangements for visitors on foot through the nearby countryside, local people in person to greet and understand their living conditions, also arranged a visit to the village primary school, primary school turned out that it is donated by the travel company; simple bamboo house ride provided for local children learning space. In order to experience the local customs, each class arrival of new groups are arranged to take guests to the temple to participate in morning alms activities. hundreds of monks in line to get food bowl, one side chanting, Thanksgiving side,UGG boots, slowly out of the temple gates and into the countryside. In the intersection, waiters ferry Pen Pen respectfully send hot white rice, vegetables, authentic small poon choi, and specially invited visitors to help distributed through the front of the monks. In addition to the significance of the Romans, more importantly, tourism did not forget this, do not forget the feedback disadvantaged local people and local level. whether Sponsorship of orphans, student and charity meals have become a method of interactive communication with the locals.
a row of bicycles, a donkey carts in the terminal waiting for departure guests sightseeing, but not air-conditioned cars and tourist bus. this group of donkey driver from nearby rural areas, only know a few simple language for the ferry service. The young visitors can also choose to go sightseeing bicycle freedom to meet visitors who care about the environment, no special arrangements for non-polluting traffic jams journey.
ornamental value species and attractions,cheap UGG boots, it also deliberately cultivated tourists to visit forests, planted forests and the forest and local people and learn about forest protection, afforestation of the difficulties and challenges, highlighting the protection of existing natural landscape the value and importance. passenger was also arranged with people learning the extraction of resin from the rubber tree, the sap from palm trees to take wine, made of honey, with a stone grinding corn, rubbing mud pie making pottery, weaving and other riding experience, although language barrier is still quite the fun.
another memorable New Year's Eve night Irrawaddy River in Burma and spent. starlight in the sparse thin black coast, farmers have been asleep when the lights, close the engine ferry, the static static float along with the water, surrounded by silent, gentle breeze made the passengers standing on the deck edge, every meditation in 2003 in the last 10 minutes. all of a sudden, in the light of the thousands of far upstream more than a little light, flowing slowly drift over, like in the middle of Xinghai, the close look only to find that a light banana leaves woven lanterns, floating in silence. the original ferry travel companies, especially local farmers prepared to hire These lights are to promote local technology and to welcome foreign guests. New Year's Eve is no countdown, no noise, no balloons, no fancy dress party, no clink, no gong drums, no fireworks, no blinding light shot, only the silent tide , silent candlelight, to greet the new year, respect local customs and respect the natural environment.
folk dance classes, arts and crafts paper cutting classes, eco-tours lectures, cultural history, expert panel, arrange a time every day, and mentors to help visitors learn and understand local history, culture, customs, ecological and social development. One night, also arranged for a local blind folk singers. She wore Cuyi linen, sitting on the floor mats,Bailey UGG boots, bamboo guide lying around, this blind musicians to come to a cappella interpretation of the local minor, nothing particular about the musical instruments, no band accompaniment, no video sound facilities and only require passengers to listen to her meditation, Sound of Music song.
introduce the local process does not deliberately promote, do not rely on packaging, no fire sale of cultural values. First of all the visitors could not find room, Resin twist using local spices and a small group, shower gel added to the flavor of local plant extracts, small napkins, bed sheets, pillow cases are local textiles. per day for guests to send two or three small cakes with banana leaves and bamboo wrapped in leaves, presentations local snacks. parting souvenir is carefully selected, spice bags, bamboo basket, bamboo fan, paper cutting and other local features arts and crafts.
tourism not only make economic interests, not just tourism, but is a cultural exchange and experience, urban and rural, local and foreign, domestic and foreign interaction. The question is what form through an exchange and interaction. artificial, commercial, selling counterfeit of the Tourism, eating, drinking, transportation, travel , bought pressure to take profits Banded approach for the transfer of sustainable Attraction are suspect. or cheap attractions in return is loud noise, pollution, victims are the local environmental, ecological and cultural. One sad example Regulus is a tomb in Shaanxi, the recent massive construction projects, built coach park, square, temples, incense burners, the Church are really great spoil the fun.
the other hand, the pursuit of international tourists travel to experience a return to basics, there are many European and American tourists are willing to pay a Cao Lu lived thousands of dollars a night, sleeping wooden bed, sitting bamboo chair, bamboo pole umbrella, light taste of green tea rice paddy road walk in the morning to listen to the cock crow in the evening listening to frogs, by donkey carts into the history, culture, access to large natural environment, the pursuit of the local photos, memories do not wear by those children and the enthusiasm of local people and friendship, laughter, singing, and birds. only to the guests to keep these experiences in order to attract them back.
Sustainable Tourism The brand is not built out by the packaging,Discount UGG boots, is based on culture, dignity, ecological dignity, the dignity of creation of history. 

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