Summary

Palestinian tourism organization providing training in tourism development under local community ownership and promoting Palestine as a sustainable tourist destination, in Chapter 2 of Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.81-82).

Details

  • Its organizer Michel Awad prefers “responsible tourism” to “alternative tourism” and states its aims as rural development and changing the perception of Palestine (PDF p.82).
  • The Center positions itself as having helped drive the development of responsible tourism in Palestine, “rebranding Palestine as a destination for experiential travel and human connection” (PDF p.82).

Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Michel Awad, Solidarity Tourism