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		<title>Subvertisement: Take the Eco-Devastation Safari!</title>
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		<title>What is Fair Travel?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Martha Robbins, Tracey Mitchell, and Dave Oswald Mitchell
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
Fair travel [fair travel] is a nascent movement of tourism providers, tourism-reliant communities, social justice advocates, and concerned tourists that is seeking to apply &#8220;fair trade&#8221; principles to the tourism industry.
Fair travel promotes equitable standards and fair practices in tourism and encourages local, community-based alternatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You know you&#8217;re a tourist  when&#8230;.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lori Latta
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
You know you&#8217;re a tourist when your malaria pills are giving you recurring nightmares about goats staging armed revolution. 
Strange and vivid dreams are a well-known side-effect of anti-malarial medication. But when you wake up cowering from imaginary gun-wielding billies for the third night in a row, don&#8217;t expect the general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;ve come to help&#8221;: Can tourism and altruism mix?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Benjamin Sichel
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
Imagine arriving at work one day and finding a new co-worker has joined your team. He comes from abroad, and he&#8217;ll only be working with you for a little while&#8212;after graduating from university, he wanted to come to a different country and volunteer for a spell, just to gain experience and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack of the Oversized Floating Playpens: Who loses when you go on cruises?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illustration: Aimee van Drimmelen
By Ross Klein
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
What could be more idyllic than a cruise vacation&#8212;clear blue skies, gently rolling seas, the cold temperatures of home a distant memory, and a variety of encounters with different places and people in a single week? This is the kind of imagery that the cruise industry has successfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Begging Questions: What do you do when a four-year-old asks you for money?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Nichole Huck
By Nichole Huck
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
She calls out to the man on the street
sir, can you help me?
It&#8217;s cold and I&#8217;ve no where to sleep.
Is there somewhere you can tell me?
He walks on, doesn&#8217;t look back
He pretends he can&#8217;t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Phil Collins, &#8220;Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Well-Intentioned Guest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(A letter from somewhere between here and there)
By Ryan Meili
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
Dear traveller:
In your time abroad you can be a guest or a parasite&#8212;it depends upon how you treat your hosts. My intention in this letter is to give you, the intrepid, well-intentioned traveller, a few practical suggestions on how to get the most from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourist spotting in Quebec City</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Johnson
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
Dave Johnson observes the mythical &#8220;tourist&#8221; in its natural habitat, and finds it&#8217;s after only one thing: a nap.
If you move to Quebec City, perhaps the first thing you&#8217;ll notice is the cultural and economic divide between the upper city, which includes the tourists&#8217; favoured stomping grounds of Old Quebec, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nov 2006: The politics of tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.briarpatchmagazine.com/batches/nov06/Nov06cover400.jpg"><img src="http://www.briarpatchmagazine.com/batches/nov06/Nov06cover150.jpg" align="right" /></a><small><strong>Moral Dilemmas of Travel</strong>
<em>by George Monbiot</em>
The tourism industry carries some heavy baggage

<strong><a href="http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2006/11/02/what-is-fair-travel/">What is Fair Travel?</a></strong>
<em>by Martha Robbins, Tracey Mitchell, and Dave Oswald Mitchell</em>
Naming the movement

<strong><a href="http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2006/11/02/you-know-youre-a-tourist-when/">You know you're a tourist when...</a></strong>
<em>by Lori Latta</em>
You may already be a tourist! Here are 5 ways to know for sure

More...</small>]]></description>
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		<title>The Gringo Trail</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Oswald Mitchell
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2006
(sung to the tune of Paul Simon&#8217;s &#8220;Graceland&#8221;) 
My skin in Nicaragua
was burning like a Sandinista star
I am travelling by school bus
to Honduras
through the wreckage of the Contra War.
I&#8217;m on the gringo trail
gringo trail
the spine of the PPP*
I&#8217;m on the gringo trail
Drifters with trust funds and pony tails
and we are [...]]]></description>
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