Responsible Tourism is about making better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit. The concept of responsible tourism is became today’s global trends. This concept is the result of evolution and development of sustainable tourism and ecotourism. Responsible Tourism requires that operators, hoteliers, governments, local people and tourists take responsibility, take action to make tourism more sustainable. Sustainable tourism is a process and system development that can ensure the sustainability of tourism or the presence of natural resources, socio-cultural life and economy to future generations. In essence, sustainable tourism is tourism that can provide long-term benefits to the local economy without destroying the environment. One of the mechanisms of sustainable tourism is ecotourism, which is a combination of conservation and tourism, it means derived from tourism revenue should be returned to the area that needs to be protected for the preservation and improvement of socioeconomic conditions in the surrounding community. The purpose of responsible tourism is trying to minimize negative impacts on the environment and society.
Tourism entrepreneurship definition as activities related to creating and operating a legal tourist enterprise. ‘Legal enterprise’ refers to a business that has been registered, operates on a provitable basis and seek to satisfy the needs of tourist and visitors. Such enterprises include, among others, hotels, guesthouses, travel agencies and tour operators. Tourism attracts lifestyle entrepreneurs for three reasons : it is relatively easy to enter into business in tourism as it does not require professional licensing, formalized education or approval, depending on the sector, low levels of capital are required to enter, and skill sets applicable to entry are largely transferable from other industries. Tourism-entrepreneurship practice’s first responsibility to the society is to operate at a profit. Business is the wealth creating and wealth-producing organ of society, but what is most important is that management realizes that it must consider the impact of every business policy and business action upon society.
On this opportunity, Terracotta Event Organized, which is organized by THM Students year of 2007, will hold the seminar about Tourism Entrepreneurship Movement-International worldview and the impact for Indonesia.
Seminar
Day/ Date : Tuesday, 27th July 2010
Time : 08.00 a.m – 17.00 p.m
Place : Bumi Surabaya Hotel, Jl Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128 Surabaya
Speaker :
- Dr. Janet Cochrane from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Keynote Speaker)
- Ir. Togar Arifin Silaban, M.Eng
- Dr. I Nyoman Madiun (Ketua STP Nusa Dua)
- Ketut Sudarsana, representative of Ayana Hotel (Bali)
