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Is travel and tourism a right or a privilege? This expert discusses

This video is part of: Centre for Urban Transformation

Tourism is a right, says Marina Novelli, Chair of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics at UN Tourism, but we need to treat it as a privilege, and that means finding a sustainable balance between the demands of tourists and those of their destinations.

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