Comments on: The Tourism Industry Is Going To Collapse. And Not Because Of The Current Economic Crisis, Either… http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/the-tourism-industry-is-going-to-collapse-and-not-because-of-the-current-economic-crisis-either/ Newsletter on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/the-tourism-industry-is-going-to-collapse-and-not-because-of-the-current-economic-crisis-either/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Ian Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:35:24 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/the-tourism-industry-is-going-to-collapse-and-not-because-of-the-current-economic-crisis-either/#comment-441 One could argue that the same reasons you put forward for the future collapse of the tourism industry cause the recession and will cause a collapse of a lot of other industries too. Tourism will be hit first (as it was in this recession) because its mostly a luxury, non-essential item. One could argue that the same reasons you put forward for the future collapse of the tourism industry cause the recession and will cause a collapse of a lot of other industries too. Tourism will be hit first (as it was in this recession) because its mostly a luxury, non-essential item.

]]> By: Hilary du Plessis http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/the-tourism-industry-is-going-to-collapse-and-not-because-of-the-current-economic-crisis-either/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Hilary du Plessis Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:37:26 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/the-tourism-industry-is-going-to-collapse-and-not-because-of-the-current-economic-crisis-either/#comment-287 Hi Martin, I think you're being a bit harsh on those of us who are actually taking the recycling effort to heart. We cant go back to having refuse removed by donkey cart or other means, and the rubbish gets collected by vehicle anyway, so dont knock those of us who are going out of our way to rinse, squash cardboard and polystyrene, stand on plastic bottles to flatten them and then separate all this stuff into a separate clear plastic bag for collection. Or should we just go back to throwing all our stuff into the normal rubbish bag and let it go off to the landfill? Right now I have my daughter working with her little kids to educate them on recycling....they go to 3 neighbours once a week to collect newspapers, bottles to hand in at their school (these kids are 5 & 7 years old) and the rest of the recyclables which I mentioned in the previous paragraph comes to me to put out for the recycle waste truck, as they dont have this facility in Durbanville yet. Thats 5 families rubbish that doesn't go into landfill..... and as you well must know, land for landfill is becoming very scarce. So upset was I, that I hardly took notice of the rest of your letter which is usually very interesting! As much as it would be great to go backwards in time, it isn't going to happen, so at least give those of us who are trying to do their little bit, some credit for trying! Regards Hilary Hi Martin,

I think you’re being a bit harsh on those of us who are actually taking the recycling effort to heart. We cant go back to having refuse removed by donkey cart or other means, and the rubbish gets collected by vehicle anyway, so dont knock those of us who are going out of our way to rinse, squash cardboard and polystyrene, stand on plastic bottles to flatten them and then separate all this stuff into a separate clear plastic bag for collection. Or should we just go back to throwing all our stuff into the normal rubbish bag and let it go off to the landfill?

Right now I have my daughter working with her little kids to educate them on recycling….they go to 3 neighbours once a week to collect newspapers, bottles to hand in at their school (these kids are 5 & 7 years old) and the rest of the recyclables which I mentioned in the previous paragraph comes to me to put out for the recycle waste truck, as they dont have this facility in Durbanville yet. Thats 5 families rubbish that doesn’t go into landfill….. and as you well must know, land for landfill is becoming very scarce.

So upset was I, that I hardly took notice of the rest of your letter which is usually very interesting! As much as it would be great to go backwards in time, it isn’t going to happen, so at least give those of us who are trying to do their little bit, some credit for trying!

Regards
Hilary

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