<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d1a00f64-a672-467a-a2e0-7e34a2e676b7/D1A34DD2-9C86-4A5D-8B26-30C8C0027979/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"> A New Effort for Sustainable Tourism </NYT_HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/E4DFBDF3-3636-4475-9CBD-4D94FFB3CE70" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2"><P>A coalition of 31 private, public and not-for-profit travel organizations recently announced guidelines for tourism companies and other organizations to protect the natural beauty and local culture of important yet sensitive tourist destinations, like the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage site on the Caribbean coast of <A title="Go to the Mexico Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/mexico/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Mexico</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2"><P>Initiated by the United Nations Foundation and other groups, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Criteria includes Expedia, Hyatt Hotels, National Geographic Adventure and the Rainforest Alliance. It focuses on maximizing tourism’s socioeconomic benefits in local communities, preserving cultural heritage, reducing harm to the environment and putting plans in place for sustainability. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/travel/26COMcriteria.html?8td&emc=tda2"><P>For details on the partnership go to <A target="_" href="http://www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org">www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org</A>. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D1A34DD2-9C86-4A5D-8B26-30C8C0027979/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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