Tourism Concern began in 1988 as a small network of global development activists and tourism academics. They all wanted to challenge the exploitation of people and places by a fast growing global tourism industry. The new network, co-ordinated by Alison Stancliffe, linked up with similar initiatives elsewhere in the world, at a time when the tourism industry’s negative impact was hardly on the radar.By 1989, the network had become a formal membership organisation and in 1991 they were able to employ Tricia Barnett as Director. She developed the organisation into a globally respected campaigning and education charity, heading a team working out of London Metropolitan University until 2012.Tourism Concern moved in 2014 to Croydon, South London, with a small staff and volunteers headed up by Executive Director Mark Watson.From the start, Tourism Concern demonstrated tourism’s links with wider issues of development and human rights.Our first major report, Beyond the Green Horizon, set out ground breaking principles for sustainable tourism development, to coincide with the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. Our many subsequent campaigns always backed up by research aiming to open up debate and bring about change.Over 30 years we produced numerous print resources for schools, universities, the public and the tourism industry, and published a highly respected magazine, In Focus and many reports on current tourism issues.Sadly the organisation had to close, due to funding difficulties. More information about the current situation can be found on the website and also at www.travindy.com. which hosts an archive.