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Message: Someone thought you might be interested in this entry at Exquisite Safaris. http://www.exquisitesafaris.com/index.php/journal/more/nobel_peace_prize_for_tourism_urged/ Nobel Peace Prize for Tourism Urged GoaGil: Philanthropic Traveler OSLO, Norway (June 1, 2007) Speaking to reporters about the recent Global Ecotourism conference in Norway (May 14-16, 2007), the head of an international development agency confirmed his call for the Nobel Peace Prize to recognize the linkages between sustainable tourism and peace. Noting "tourism is the only real peace dividend", Lelei LeLaulu, president of the non-profit Counterpart International called on the Nobel Peace Prize committee, which convenes in Norway, to seriously look at how tourism prevents conflict and maintains peace. "Look at what happens when fighting stops, people want to stream across borders to see their former enemies and where they live," he said, adding "tourism of the sustainable variety is the only real peace dividend." Delivering a keynote speech to the Global Ecotourism Conference in Oslo in the presence of Queen Sonja of Norway described as the "Ecotourism Queen" for her commitment to using tourism to preserve Oslo's natural beauty, LeLaulu asserted "tourism is the world's largest and fastest growing industry" but he also pointed out tourism represented "