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As part of the Tourism Boycott, the Burma Campaign is calling for a consumer boycott of Lonely Planet guide books until the company withdraws its guide to Burma.

Lonely Planet publishes a guide to Myanmar (Burma) and actively promotes tourism to Burma, despite knowing the many ways that tourism lends support to the brutal dictatorship in Burma.

In contrast, the publisher Rough Guides has adopted an ethical stance with regard to Burma:
"There are occasional instances where any benefits (from tourism) are overshadowed by the nature of the social and political climate. Apartheid South Africa was an example. Burma, with its brutal dictatorship, state control of the economy and forced labour used to build its tourist infrastructure, is another. As long as the military regime remains in power and Aung San Suu Kyi - leader of the democratically elected National League for Democracy - requests that tourists do not visit, Rough Guides will not publish a guide to the country."

Click here for more information on the Tourism Boycott