Many of us dream of going on safari to Kenya or swimming off the beautiful coast of Honduras. We travel content in the knowledge that these are holidays that protect endangered species, and we believe our tourism helps to boost the local economy. But we rarely wonder who lived on the land before we arrived there, where they have disappeared to, or at what cost.

All too often, 'paradise' harbours the hidden histories of those who have been forcibly evicted, sometimes after centuries of making that land their home. MRG believes that we all have a responsibility to practice not just eco-tourism, but ethical tourism – so that minorities and indigenous people are not displaced to make way for hunters and holiday-makers on game reserves or pristine beaches.

In partnership with the Kenyan-based Centre for Minority Rights Development and the Kenya Pastoralist Week, MRG is running Trouble in Paradise, a two-year campaign with a global reach.

If you are from a minority or indigenous community, or if you are a traveller, tourist or tour operator, minority rights activist, government official, journalist, or from a indigenous community, this is your chance to take part in a worldwide campaign.

http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=1108

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Trouble in paradise – tourism and indigenous land rights: together towards ethical solutions

http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=973

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As UN marks World Indigenous Day, Minority Rights Group International warns of Trouble in Paradise

9 August 2007

http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=1682

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MRG calls for the tourism industry to respect indigenous rights on World Responsible Tourism Day

10 November 2007

http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=4057