European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9guide gives travel tips a Green tinge London apr want to know How you can take a vacation without damaging the environment a new guide advises you to stay away from sex tourism done to play Golf and done to bring Back sea creatures for the Mantle. Holidays that done to Cost the Earth is by John Elkington and Julia Hailes who previously wrote the Best Selling Green consumer guide. A i Hope that it will actually get tourists to Start thinking about Green issues when they re on Holiday and therefore get Market pressure to push the tourism Industry into going Green a Hailes said wednesday. Tourism is the worlds biggest Industry generating $2.5 trillion in Revenue according to the world travel and tourism Council. More than 400 million people travel abroad each year compared with 1 million annually before world War ii the guide says. A in one world Region after another the rapid growth of a Battery tourism is causing Concrete Costas High rises to devastate once Beautiful coastlines the sky to be filled with roaring jets and new motorways to Cut across the Countryside devastating the landscape in their Wake a the guide says. In the Alps skiers Are destroying the Mountain environment they came to enjoy along the Mediterranean coast the sea is polluted with sewage and mount Everest is littered with discarded containers it says. Some places already Are using controversial charges and restrictions to Cut Down on the number of visitors it says. Bhutan has imposed a tourist quota allowing Only 2,000 a year it said. Attractions such As England a stonehenge Italy a leaning Tower of Pisa and Greece a acropolis restrict Access and charge a fee for entry it said. The guide attacks sex tourism for exploiting men women and children and for spreading aids. A whether in Kenya Thailand or the Philippines sex tourism is probably the most corrosive form of Holiday package a the guide said. The Price of the women is included in packages sold in Japan Germany and the Netherlands it said. The guide urges travel out of season to help Cut congestion and spread the Load. Travelling in a group uses resources More efficiently but Large groups have a big Impact on a Small Community it says. The traveler should use Public transportation and carry a lighter Load to Cut Down on fuel consumption. The guide also advises travellers to a stay with friends or do a House Swap. If you must stay in a hotel choose a local one not a Chain to plow Money into the Community. A done to eat species such As barbecued Giraffe or balinese turtles. A done to buy Ivory trinkets or encourage cheap souvenir shops with your business. What is wrong with Golf Trees Are Cut Down to make courses and chemicals arc used to make the putting greens carps like it ousts 2 More Over Plo scandal Paris apr president Francois Mitterrand fired two More officials in the Habash scandal As his embattled socialist party closed ranks thursday to defeat a censure motion aimed at toppling the government. The dismissal of two Low level civil servants raised to seven the number of officials who have lost their jobs Over palestinian guerrilla Leader George Habashy a being allowed entry into the country for treatment in a Paris Hospital. Orders signed by Mitterrand firing Michel Jau a technical of Viser and Marie Claire Papegaay a staff member were released late wednesday by the presidential Palace. The exact roles the two played in the Habash affair were not explained. Socialist deputies in the National Assembly meanwhile have put aside their differences in preparation for a censure motion that the conservative opposition was expected to file today. Mitterrand called the extraordinary session of parliament to demonstrate that the opposition does not have the strength to Back its criticism of Habashy a visit. Conservatives have clamoured for the resignations of foreign minister Roland Dumas Interior minister Philippe Marchand and Premier Edith Cresson. Mitterrand said on National television tuesday that he would not shake up his Cabinet under pressure. He forced the opposition s hand by challenging them to do something about their complaints. The performance silenced dissident socialists who urged ministerial resignations As the Only Way to stave Oft Likely defeat in regional elections March 22. A faction led by former Premier Michel Ricard the socialists leading candidate to succeed Mitterrand in 1995, indicated wednesday that it will vote for the censure motion. Ricard had provoked an internal party squabble by suggesting that Dumas and Marchand resign. Habash head of a militant Palestine liberation organization faction blamed for hijackings and terrorist attacks flew to Paris Jan. 29 for medical treatment. He left three Days later amid political juror. Israeli foreign minister David Levy accused the French government wednesday of a Baa Faith for letting Habash go before an extradition request could be prepared against him. French authorities said no International or National warrant was outstanding against Habash. Israeli lawmaker Zahl Hanefi of the ukr a party Burns a picture of George Habash during a speech before parliament on wednesday. The Man behind him who is unidentified is about to grab the burning asks . Aid in sex soviet troop removal Tallinn Estonia apr Estonia on thursday asked Washington for help in removal of former soviet troops from its territory just As vice president Dan Quayle began a visit to the Baltic. Prime minister Tiit Vahi thanked americans for supporting the Small nations drive for Independence but said foreign troops remained an obstacle to self determination. A the Independence of no country can be real and lasting if foreign troops remain on its territory a Vahi said. A i would like to ask for your help and assist Ance in that Quayle said the United states agreed the red army should leave the Baltic a the sooner the a they know our position. It the withdrawal is in the process of being worked out a Quayle told reporters after meetings with president Arnold Ruutel and Vahi. Estonia Latvia and Lithuania have repeatedly demanded the withdrawal of an estimated 130,000 former soviet troops stationed in their countries. A top russian official said tuesday in Moscow that Russia will begin withdrawing troops from Lithuania and Latvia during the next few months. Withdrawal from Estonia has been delayed because Estonia a new government had been unable to assemble a negotiating team said Sergei Shakh Rai head of the russian delegation negotiating the withdrawal. Quayle launched his two Day Baltic tour with a gift of 50,000 pounds of emergency medical supplies for Estonia. Greeted at Tallinn Airport by health minister Andres Elamaa he said Washington has allocated $18 million in Aid to the Baltic in its 1992 budget bringing total . Aid to $76 million for two years. Quayle said the United states also would Supply each Baltic nation with 100,000 tons of feed Grain. The vice president is the highest ranking . Official to visit the three Baltic states since they achieved Independence in september. All three Are wrestling with economic problems related to the collapse of Trade with the former soviet Union
