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TRAVEL and TOURISM: WOMEN and DEMOCRACY
First World Conference of Tourism Communications WTO/FITUR Madrid Spain 28-29 January 2004
Business Travel Show London 3-5 February 2004 BIT Tourism Exchange Milan 14-17 February 2004
In past years I have prepared nine research papers for travel fairs, three for the World Travel Market in London, in 1997, 2000 and 2003; three for the British Travel Trade Fair in Birmingham, in 1999, 2000 and 2003; and three for the biennial Germany Travel Fair in London, in 1998, 2000 and 2002. I have also prepared research papers for some 24 European Councils, but this is my first paper for an international tourism trade fair outside Britain. In it I update and expand four challenges for the travel industry.
The first challenge concerns the development, over the past thirty years, that travellers and tourists have become prime targets of terrorists, initially airplane passengers, now tourists. For the past five years I have tried to get international bodies to record annually the names of all civilians murdered or taken hostage in the course of travel and tourism, somewhat as Unesco, Freedom House and Reporters sans Frontieres record the names, countries and media of journalists killed or imprisoned in the course of reporting. Recording would be by annual printed and internet lists, physical memorials, and an effort to obtain compensation, as Libya has done, from the non-terrorist organs in whose name that, for example, Basque, Islamic and other terrorists aim at travellers and tourists. Here I give a list of anniversaries in the next five years which might be used as target dates for creating such memorials, as has been done for the travellers killed in Bologna and Lockerbie.
Year Day & Date Location Country Anniversary
2004 Mon 1 Mar Bwindi Uganda NZ / UK / US 5 Eight Western tourists murdered by Interahamwe rebels
Sun 19 Sep Tenere Niger Libya 15 Terrorist bomb kills 170 passengers on UTA plane in 1989
2005 Thu 23 Jun Canada India 20 Sikh terrorists kill 329 persons on bombed Air-India flight
July-Octob Paris France 10 Islamists kill 8 and injure 200 on Paris metro
Tue 2 Aug Bologna Italy 25 Terrorist murder of 85 civilians at railway station
from 3-yr-old Angela Fresu to 86-yr-old Antonio Montanari
2006 Thu 20 Jul Tarragona Spain 10 35 British & Irish tourists injured by Basque ETA bomb
2007 Tue 18 Sep Cairo Egypt 10 Nine German tourists killed by islamist extremists
Sun 12 Oct Kuta Bali Indonesia 5 Islamist extremists murder 191 tourists and Hindu civilians
Sun 17 Nov Luxor Egypt Japan/Switz/UK 10 58 tourists massacred and women mutilated by six
islamist university students
2008 Sun 21 Dec Lockerbie Libya 20 Terrorists murder 270 persons on Pan Am flight & ground
I have not included the Soviet government's downing of the Korean airliner over Sakhalin in 1983, the 9/11 massacres, suicide bombings in Israel and Iraq, the blowing up of embassies, nor attacks on churches, synagogues and mosques, in which thousands of civilians have been murdered. I am only calling for memorials where terrorists specifically target travellers and tourists, who are often the softest and most readily available of targets. Here I make available my analysis of Democracy, Dictatorship and Anarchy in 192 countries around the world, which may serve as a guide to the safest destinations for travel and tourism (A).
My analysis includes progress in women's advancement: another challenge I have raised is that of making travel and tourism safer and more enjoyable for women and girls throughout the world. To this end I have called for a meeting of women ministers of transport and tourism, some 40 current and 20 recent, as listed here (B). In this connection I am pleased to report that the National Portrait Gallery in London will hold an exhibition on Three Centuries of Women Travellers, from 3 July to 31 October 2004. Above I illustrate the two stamps issued in Britain on 29 April 2003 portraying the aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941), and the explorer Freya Stark (1893-1993).
A third challenge is that of drawing up a calendar of towns and cities celebrating centenaries, in the expectation of their exchanging experiences and partnerships. To this end I attach a list of 40 such centenaries coming up from 2004 to 2019 (C). And finally, I list each month some 50 major anniversaries of democracy and women's advancement in The Parity Democrat, in the expectation that some of them will lead to visits: issue 86 for February 2004 is attached (D).
Annexes:
A. Parity, Democracy, Dictatorship & Anarchy in the World's 192 Sovereign States in 2003 1 p
B. 60 Women Ministers & Deputy Ministers of Tourism and Transport 1 p
C. Centenaries of 40 Towns & Cities 2004-2019 1 p
D. "The Parity Democrat" ISSN 1367-6946: Vol 8 No 2 for February 2004 6 pp
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Women Ministers & Deputy Ministers of Transport & Tourism: 57
extract from the writer's "Heads of State & Other Women Leaders throughout the World"
List 72 1179 names 213 (of 254) governments 16 November 2003 @ Raymond Lloyd
A. Current Ministers: 40
Country Woman Minister Office or Portfolio
Bahamas Glenys Hanna-Martin Transport & Aviation
Botswana Pelonomi Venson Conservation, Tourism & Wildlife
Tebeleko Seretse Works & Transport
China: HongKong Sarah Liao Sau-tung Secretary for Environment, Transport & Works
Croatia Pave Zupan Ruskovic Tourism
Eritrea Amna Nur Husayn Tourism
Finland Leena Luhtanen Transport & Communication
French Polynesia Brigitte Vanizette Tourism & Environment
Gabon Ursule Ekie Commerce, Tourism & Industrial Development (MiD)
Paulette Moussavou MISSAMBO Transport & Civil Aviation
Germany Iris Gielcke Transport, Construction & Housing (PtS)
Angelika Mertens Transport, Construction & Housing (PtS)
Grenada Brenda Hood Tourism, Culture, Aviation, Social Security & Women
Guatemala Flora Escobar Gordilla d Ramos Communications, Transport & Public Works
Guinea Sylla Koumba Diakite Tourism, Hotels & Handicrafts
Haiti Martine Deverson Tourism
Jamaica Aloun Assamba Industry & Tourism
Jordan Alia Hattough-Bouran Tourism, Antiquities & Environment
Lesotho Lebohang Ntsinyi Tourism, Culture & Environment
Liechtenstein Rita Kieber-Beck Deputy Head of Govt; Education, Transport, Justice
Mexico Leticia Navarro Tourism
Netherlands Karla Peijs Transport, Public Works & Water Management
Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works & Water Management (StS)
Nigeria Franklin Ogbuewa Culture & Tourism
Norway Torild Skogsholm Transport & Communication
Paraguay Maria Evangelista Troche de G Tourism (StS)
Russia:Daghestan Zumrud Z Suleimanova Tourism & Youth
Serbia Marija Vukosavljevic Transport & Telecommunications
Seychelles Simone Testa de Commarmond Tourism & Transport
Slovenia Emilija Placer Tusar Transport & Communication (StS)
South Africa M Mabudafhasi Environment & Tourism (DpM)
St Vincent & G Girlyn Miguel Social Development, Family & Gender, Ecclesiastical
Swaziland Phetsile Dlamini Tourism, Environment & Communications
Tanzania Zakhia Meghji Natural Resources, Tourism & Environment
Togo Ebina Dorothee Iloudje Tourism, Handicrafts & Leisure
Trinidad & Tob Penelope Beckles Culture & Tourism
Turkey Guldal Aksit Tourism
UK: Bermuda Maurine Webb Tourism & E-Commerce
Venezuela Maria Eugenia Loriente Tourism (DpM)
Euro Commission Loyola de Palacio (Spain) Vice-President; Transport & Energy; Parliament
B. Recent Women Ministers: 17
Belgium Isabelle Durant Deputy PM; Mobility & Transport
C African Rep Nathalie Constance Gounebana Water Resources, Forestry, Environment & Tourism
Chad Akia Abouna Tourism
Ecuador Lourdes Luque Tourism & Environment
Estonia Liina Tonisson Economics; Transport & Communications
Japan Chikage Ogi Land, Infrastructure & Transport
Neths: Aruba Lillian Beke-Martinez Economic Affairs & Tourism
Nigeria Boma Bromillow Jack Culture & Tourism
Kema Chikwe Aviation
St Vincent & G Rene Baptiste Tourism & Culture
Sao Tome & Pr Maria das Neves de Sousa Commerce, Industry & Tourism
Sierra Leone Kadi Sesay Trade & Industry
Swaziland Stella Lukhele Tourism, Environment & Communications
Trinidad & Tob Eudine Job-Davis Culture & Tourism
United Kingdom Sally Keeble Transport, Local Government & Regions: Housing, Planning (UnS)
Scotland Sarah Boyack Transport & Environment
Wales Sue Essex Planning, Environment & Transport
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(#) Highest rank of Minister, unless otherwise indicated as Deputy Minister (DpM), Minister Delegate (MiD), Minister of State (MiS); State Secretary (StS), Parliamentary Secretary (PtS), and Under Secretary (UnS).
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CENTENARIES of MAJOR TOWNS & CITIES: 2004-2019
extract from the writer's "2300 Anniversaries of the Democracies 1988-2019"
43 anniversaries first published 1 November 2002 updated 26 January 2004 @ Raymond Lloyd
Year Day & Date Location Democracy Anniversary
2004 Sun 25 Jan Sao Paulo Brazil 450 Foundation by Jesuit priests in 1554
Fri 20 Feb Hobart Tasmania Australia 200 Foundation of European town
Sat 1 May Arnstadt Germany 1300 Foundation
Sat 1 May Wuerzburg Germany 1300 Foundation by missionary Willibrod in 704
Sun 13 Jun Atchison Kansas U S A 150 Foundation by Massachusetts settlers "who hated slavery"
Fri 2 Jul Waverly NY U S A 150 Foundation in 1854
Sat 18 Sep Lawrence Kansas U S A 150 Foundation in 1854
Sun 5 Dec Topeka Kansas U S A 150 Foundation in 1854
Segovia Spain 2150 Settlement first recorded in 146 BC
Schleswig Germany 1200 Founded as Sliesthorp in 804
Gosport Hants England 800 Recognition of town by Bishop of Winchester in 1204
Landshut Bavaria Germany 800 Founded as fortress by Duke Ludwig I of Bavaria
Mystic CT U S A 350 Foundation in 1654
2005 Sat 13 Aug Rome Italy 60 First Boys Town founded in 1945
Manhattan Kansas U S A 150 Foundation
Groton CT U S A 300 Foundation
2006 Dresden Germany 800 Foundation in 1206
Brasilia Brazil 50 New capital begun in 1956
2007 Mon 14 May Jamestown VA US / Britain 400 First permanent British settlement in New World in 1607
Toledo Spain 2200 Toletum recorded first in 193 BC
Bamberg Bavaria Germany 1000 Foundation by Henry II
Liverpool Rngland 800 City charter granted by King John in 1207
Old Lyme CT U S A 150 Foundation in 1857
2008 Wed 27 Feb Prescott AZ U S A 125 Foundation of Arizona's original capital in 1883
Quebec Canada 400 Foundation by Samuel de Champlain in 1608
Charleville-Mez France 400 Foundation by Charles of Gonzaga in 1608
Fez Morocco 1200 Foundation by new Idriss Dynasty in 808
Luebeck Germany 850 Foundation by Henry the Lion in 1158
2009 Pienza Italy 550 Foundation by future Pope Pius II in 1459
Santa Fe NM U S A 400 Founded by Spaniss in 1609
St George Bermuda 400 Discovery in 1609
Tel Aviv Israel 100 Foundation in 1909
2010 Venice Italy 1200 Foundation in 810
2011 Rhodes Greece 2400 Foundation in 409 BCE
2012 Baghdad Iraq 1250 Foundation in 762 by Caliph Mansur of the Abbasids
Santiago de Compa Spain 1200 Foundation in 812
2014 Trinidad Cuba 500 Foundation in 1514
2015 Syracuse Italy 2750 Foundation in 735 BC by Greeks from Corinth
Salzburg Austria 2000 Foundation in 15 AD as Juvavum
2016 Valetta Malta 450 Founded by Knights of Malta in 1566
2017 New Orleans U S A 300 Foundation
2019 Havana Cuba 500 Foundation by Spanish in 1519
Panama Panama 500 Foundation by Pedrarias Davila in 1519
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This list was first published in The Parity Democrat of November 2002 in an attempt to draw up
national and international calendars of such anniversaries, and to draw attention to the opportunities
offered for cooperation among celebrating cities.
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