Sumesh Mangalassery
“You can’t walk to the Maldives”, “We want more planes flying, not less.” : Geoffrey Lipman, Assistant Secretary-General of the UNWTO
It is very clear from Lipman’s statement for whom and what UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is trying to negotiate. The ‘business as usual’ argument is that ‘tourism is a very important economic activity and [...]
Sumesh Mangalassery
For the villagers of Kovalam fishing village(near Chennai), the night of April 13th, 2006 (the eve of the Tamil New Year) is still a nightmare. Police entered the village, beat their women, threatened their men, and arrested many. Later, the villagers were astounded to know that the complaint had been filed by the General Manager [...]
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