{"id":6694,"date":"2015-09-16T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6694"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:07:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:07:25","slug":"indigenous-tourism-offers-a-new-geography-of-hope-says-conference-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/indigenous-tourism-offers-a-new-geography-of-hope-says-conference-keynote\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous tourism offers a \u2018new geography of hope\u2019 says Wade Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Representatives of First nations gathered in Vancouver in early September\u00a0for\u00a0the second annual Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism and Trade Conference. The Keynote speaker was National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis, who told delegates:\u00a0“I think there’s a moral and huge opportunity to become\u00a0ambassadors for an entire new way of being, a new geography of\u00a0hope.”<\/p>\n

However, he added, such development needs to go beyond leveraging quotas of First nations into\u00a0the field.\u00a0“Real tourism is when aboriginal societies on their own terms\u00a0can share their visions of life in a profound way that gives the\u00a0visitor a true sense of authenticity, such that a visitor goes away\u00a0as an avatar of the wonder of culture.”<\/p>\n

In Brief<\/h6>\n