Sustainable Development of Tourism

Definition

Expressed simply, sustainable tourism can be defined as:

"Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities"
 

Conceptual definition

Events on Climate Change and Tourism

 

FAQ - Climate Change and Tourism

  • Tourism cannot be singled out of the global response to climate change.‎
  • The sector must be transparent and coherent and not forget the dual relationship between tourism and global warming, both as its victim and contributor‎
  • While rising sea levels, desertification, deforestation or the melting of snow and glaciers hurt the tourism economy, the sector also contributes through its very existence to the warming process.

Climate Change & Tourism

Background

UNWTO launches new energy efficiency project in Indonesia

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PR11051
Jakarta
13 Jun 11

UNWTO and the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) have launched a new energy efficiency project in Indonesia. The project, “Sustainable Tourism through Energy Efficiency with Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Pangandaran” (STREAM), aims to serve as a model of innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and South-East Asia. 

The project will implement climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in Pangandaran – a popular tourism destination in Java, Indonesia – adopting an energy efficiency approach, while strengthening local structures for the long-term success of the destination.

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Tourism and Wetlands

Wetlands are home to some of the richest biodiversity on the planet and the ecosystem services they provide play an essential role in sustainable development impacting directly the lives of millions of people worldwide, most especially the poor, who depend on the essential ecosystem services wetlands provide.

Rural and Community-based tourism

A seminar on "Rural Tourism - A Solution for Employment, Local Development and Environment" was held in Israel, and its proceedings were published in 1997.

UNWTO Seminars on rural tourism:

"RURAL TOURISM IN EUROPE: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES"

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Ecotourism and Protected areas

 UNWTO Ecotourism definition:

Ecotourism is used to mean forms of tourism which have the following characteristics:

Policy Guidelines and Tools

Quality in tourism

Quality in tourism is "[…] the result of a process which implies the satisfaction of all the legitimate product and service needs, requirements and expectations of the consumer, at an acceptable price, in conformity with mutually accepted contractual conditions and the underlying quality determinants such as safety and security, hygiene, accessibility, transparency, authenticity and harmony of the tourism activity concerned with its human and natural environment."

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