Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin is Professor of Responsible Tourism Management in the postgraduate International Centre for Responsible Tourism at Leeds Metropolitan University.
In August 2002 he co-chaired the WSSD event which produced the Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (www.icrtourism.org/capetown.html) and in 2008 he co-chaired the Second International Conference in Responsible Tourism in Destinations and drafted the Kerala Declaration (www.responsibletourism2008.org).
He has worked on national Responsible Tourism policy in Bhutan, The Gambia, Rwanda and South Africa, this experience and his work on tourism, local economic development and poverty reduction has made him very aware of the importance of transport, including aviation, to development.
For further information see www.haroldgoodwin.info and www.icrtourism.org .

Goodwin has also worked as a consultant and researcher for the World Tourism Organization, the UK’s DFID, the EU, the World Bank, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, the International Finance Corporation, the AKDN and the International Trade Centre; and for a host of tour operators including the Association of Independent Tour Operators and the Federation of Tour Operators.

In 1998 he wrote a briefing paper on Tourism and Poverty Elimination which led to DFID’s initiative on Pro-Poor Tourism at CSD7 in 1999. He is a member of the PPT Partnership (www.propoortourism.org.uk) and has worked on tourism and local economic development in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He drafted the World Tourism Organization’s 2002 Report on Tourism and Poverty Alleviation and is working on their PPT Manual.

Goodwin chairs the judges for the Responsible Tourism Awards announced each year at World Travel Market www.responsibletourismawards.com and is advisor to World Travel Market on their World Responsible Tourism. www.wtmwrtd.com .