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Whether you make it your base, or just dip into it for shopping sprees or to see the Red Fort, you'll be hard pushed to ever forget your time in this wonderfully chaotic, and fabulously photogenic corner of the city. Love or hate it, it's impossible to ignore. *The Trade Union Congress (TUC)*, with member unions representing over six and a half million working people, campaigns for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.Steeped in history yet overflowing with modern life, colorful, cacophonous Delhi pulsates with the relentless rhythms of humanity like few other cities on Earth. Its multi-award winning magazine, _New Internationalist_, brings to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice *The Burma Campaign UK* is the only national organisation in the UK dedicated to campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma. *New Internationalist Publications* is an independent not-for-profit communications co-operative. Tourism Concern aims to change the way that tourism is traded and developed through collaborative work with industry, government, development and human rights NGOs by supporting marginalised voices.

*Tourism Concern* is an independent, non-industry, UK charity and membership organisation that fights exploitation through tourism (registered charity no. The Lonely Planet guide to Burma should be immediately withdrawn.вЂќ Holidaying in Burma is one of the most unethical trips you could make, given the brutality of the current regime. _New Internationalist_ co-editor Chris Brazier said: вЂњThe latest issue of New Internationalist has a special focus on ethical travel. The BBC should stop sitting on the fence and send a clear message of condemnation to the regime by withdrawing the Burma edition of its book.вЂќ Tricia Barnett of Tourism Concern said: вЂњGiven the appalling human rights situation in Burma, we donвЂ™t believe it is possible for any company, including BBC Worldwide, to adopt a neutral position on the issue of travel to the country, as it is apparently seeking to do with its Lonely Planet guidebook. If enough people sign our petition and stop buying Lonely Planet guides, we hope we can encourage the BBC to think again.вЂњ We want to see the travel industry drop Burma from their list of destinations and taking the Lonely Planet guidebook off the shelves would help enormously. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: вЂњThe very existence of a travel guide to Burma encourages people to visit a country they might not otherwise consider. The petition says that the BBC WorldwideвЂ™s refusal to remove the book is in direct contradiction of the BBCвЂ™s own CSR statement, which acknowledges the corporationвЂ™s responsibility вЂfor both the impact of our output and how we run our business.вЂ™ Late last year when BBC Worldwide bought the Lonely Planet guides, the TUC and Tourism Concern wrote to the company asking it to withdraw its Burma guide immediately.

It says that it is virtually impossible to visit Burma without handing over cash, as visa fees, airport duties and currency change are all unavoidable outlays for tourists. Visitors to Burma are helping sustain the military junta by giving it much-needed foreign currency, says the online petition. The online petition highlights the link between mass human rights abuses and the tourism industry in Burma, reminding people that over a million Burmese people have been forcibly removed from their homes to make way for new tourism developments.Д«oth the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Burmese unions have appealed to tourists of the world not to visit the country while the current military dictatorship remains in power. The four organisations believe that the Lonely Planet guide helps give legitimacy to the brutal regime, as do the tourists who use it to visit Burma. The petition, available online at says that the availability of the Lonely Planet guide to Burma encourages tourists to visit the country, and gives people the impression that such travel can be done in an ethical manner. The call comes today as the TUC, Tourism Concern, Burma Campaign UK and the New Internationalist launch an online petition calling on the immediate withdrawal of the Burma edition.

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People are being urged to stop buying the Lonely Planet guidebooks until BBC Worldwide вЂ“ the current owner of the travel series вЂ“ withdraws its guide to Burma.

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