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We have a great reason to celebrate. 2009 marks our 15th anniversary! Join us for festivities online and in the natural world.

NEWS

Planeta.com Hosts Rural Tourism Fair
Radish Night
What is Responsible Tourism?
What's on Your Wish List?
Oaxaca Travel Surveys
Ecotourism Laos Wins Ecotourism Spotlight Award
Tourism and Web 2.0 Mix - Slideshare
Tourism and Climate Change - Slideshare
MORE HEADLINES

INDIGENOUS
Tourism and Indigenous People
Indigenous Tourism Award
ITBW - Slideshare

PARKS
Tourism and Parks
Park Photos and Handouts
Parks Forum
Parks Wiki

WIKI

2009 Rural Tourism Fair
Awards
Book of the Year Award
Education
Food
How green is your eco conference?
Join the Conversation
NGOs
Oaxaca Auction
Postcards from Oaxaca
RSS
Toward Effective Communication
What's a wiki?
Who's who in England
ONLINE WIKI

FLICKR

January Calendar
Rural Tourism Fairs 2001-2009
ONLINE FLICKR

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Conversación con Ron Mader
Transitions Abroad July 2008
Colibri Award - Intelligent Travel
Have you been greenwashed? - Guardian
Eco-friendly events can leave large, unfriendly footprints - USA Today

MICROFINANCE

Planeta.com is a financial supporter of Oaxaca Amigos: English Classes for Community Guides and Rural Artisans. You can help out by visiting the rural towns and buying crafts directly from the artesanos.
TOURISM AND MICROPHILANTHROPY

JOURNALISTS

RSS

FEATURED BOOKS
NEW TITLES
TIPS FOR AUTHORS

EDITING

Wish List for Responsible Tourism (Editing Tips)

MAKING CONTACT

Email messages sent to Planeta.com may be published. If you don't want that to happen, just let us know. Requests for anonymity will be honored. Here are our Email Tips.

You can also fave a photo on Flickr, add pages to delicious, connect via facebook or comment on slideshare or youtube or simply twitter. And for the tech savvy, here is our collection of rss

YOUR TURN

If you have news to share, request membership in forum and post in the relevant topic. Be sure to spend a few minutes reviewing the Forum Guidelines.

YOUTUBE

SLIDESHARE

2009 E-CONFERENCES

Check out the 2009 e-conferences: Tourism and Climate Change and Food, Health and Building Communities

QUITO SPOTLIGHT

Quito
Quito Wiki
Quito Web 2.0

SURVEYS

YOUR TURN - What web tools do you find most useful ... and which do you want to learn? Presenting the popular Web Tools Survey
http://tinyurl.com/5t4kg4

Oceania Travel Survey (Details...)
Asia Travel Survey (Details...)
Latin America Travel Survey (Details...)
Travel Definitions (Details ...)

Some history. Since 1994 Planeta.com has created incentives for communication, opportunities for conversation and rewards for participation. The site brings together those who share a vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly travel.

Want to help? Be generous. Sponsors are invited to patronize our e-conferences and workshops. You can assist this work with a financial donation (click 'paypal donate') or via alliances. The generosity of donors is recognized.

Are we really prepared to listen to those on the ground? How deeply are we prepared to understand our hosts REAL needs and accommodate them -- their way? This may be the only way that new tourism can emerge, and we certainly need it!
- Solutions Notebook

CONVERSATIONS

Visitors will know they have arrived in a real place when they deal with clerks who do not wear uniforms, where they find in shops well-crafted articles whose makers live nearby, when they discover on restaurant menus dishes they could not order anywhere else.
- Active Participation Notebook

Planeta.com, nudging us along the continuum since 1994. Think smart, travel slow!