Travel Industry For Palestine Resources
We encourage our peers in the travel industry to use their platforms to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.
Use your voice in your own words or draw on statements below.
Excerpt from the statement of solidarity
As travel industry leaders, we cannot advocate for respecting diverse cultures, peace, and prosperity for all in one part of the world, while turning a blind eye to it in another. When close to 30,000 people are bombed to death in a matter of months during the deadliest conflict of this century, we cannot be silent.
Calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and advocating for treating Palestinians as human beings with human rights is in no way antisemitic. We reject this rhetoric that for years has silenced people and has prevented real progress and awareness of this issue from being made. We reject biased reportage in the media that has contributed to the continued dehumanization of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities around the world. And while we acknowledge that both antisemitism and Islamophobia are on the rise worldwide, we also understand that the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Gaza does not help address this issue. It worsens it.
It is time for the travel industry to acknowledge this. We cannot continue business as usual. As travel content creators, journalists, publishers, thought leaders, and partners, we stand for an end to the continued genocide and oppression of Palestinian people and we invite our peers to join us in solidarity.
Action toolkits
Stop Gaza Genocide: Take Action Now (Public Toolkit)
Tell Congress: We Demand a Permanent Ceasefire
Tell Biden Staffers: Quit Genocide Now
stay informed
US Campaign For Palestinian Rights
Solidarity Projects
Writers Against the War on Gaza
Black Voices Say Let Gaza Live
SEA Artists, Creatives & Cultural Activists for Peace, Stop Genocide in Gaza
National Writers Union Assisting Media Workers Facing Retaliation For Speaking Out On Palestine
If I Must Die
A poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrike on December 6, 2023
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze —
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself —
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above,
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love.
If I must die
let it bring hope,
let it be a story.