Sustainable tourism

Sustainable consumption and tourism

Sustainable use, including tourism

Tourism, Sustainable Urbanization and Poverty Alleviation

C. Policy aims for making tourism more sustainable

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Tourism Organization had launched the concept of sustainable tourism as a tool for poverty elimination.

Making tourism more sustainable a guide for policy makers.

Jamaica also identified sustainable development programme for its tourism sector.

Sustainable tourism is an approach to tourism that integrates ethical, social and environmental considerations in an economically viable way.

International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Peace and Poverty Eradication, 2008

(b) The development and exchange of best practices on sustainable tourism with the Commission on Sustainable Development

How can UNEP activities in the area of sustainable tourism be strengthened?

quot 17. Invites the World Tourism Organization and relevant United Nations agencies and programmes to urgently develop strategies with existing regional and subregional tourism organizations in small island developing States to further facilitate sustainable tourism development as an essential contribution to an action oriented international programme of work on sustainable tourism

UNDESA (2003), A new approach to sustainable tourism development Moving beyond environmental protection.

The mobilization of the demand side of the sustainable tourism equation is crucial.

Tourism cannot truly become more sustainable unless consumers (tourists) consistently favour more sustainable destinations and activities in their purchasing decisions.

Much less effort has been concentrated on steering consumers' choice towards sustainable tourism products.

What strategies, tools and actors should be involved in promoting sustainable consumption in tourism?

How can sustainable production and consumption in the tourism sector be promoted by Governments?

The theme selected for 2005 is Sustainable tourism for poverty alleviation in mountain areas .

UNCTAD has also developed training courses on sustainable tourism and on ICT and tourism to assist developing countries in building their capacity in these areas.

Government policies can encourage tourism distribution channels to give preference to sustainable tourism products by providing training to destination management organizations and tourism boards, developing industry driven standards and supply chain management approaches, educating the public on certification schemes and promoting travel fairs that focus on sustainable products.

Draft resolution on an International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Peace and Poverty Eradication, 2008

Civil society recognizes the important contributions to sustainable tourism made by the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Proclaims the year 2008 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Peace and Poverty Eradication

It was recognized that island culture and heritage provide important pathways to sustainable development through such things as sustainable tourism, traditional knowledge, music and festivals.

Furthermore, there was evidence that sustainable forms of tourism lifted vast numbers of people out of poverty.

Emphasizes the need for the promotion of sustainable tourism for the benefit of all sectors of society

Strategies and policies for sustainable tourism should be developed taking into account the aspirations of all players.

Designates the World Tourism Organization as the lead agency of the United Nations system for coordinating the activities of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Peace and Poverty Eradication

), Gender and Tourism Women's Employment and Participation in Tourism, prepared for the seventh session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (United Nations Environment and Development Forum United Kingdom Committee, 1999).

Looking more specifically at the role that Governments need to play in making tourism more sustainable, responsibilities include

7. Emphasizes the need for the promotion of sustainable tourism for the benefit of all sectors of society

Invites Member States and other stakeholders to give support to the activities undertaken by the World Tourism Organization in favour of sustainable tourism in developing countries for the eradication of poverty

Also outlined are options for St. Helena to generate sustainable wealth through internal investment, tourism, exports and import substitution.

6. Invites Member States and other stakeholders to give support to the activities undertaken by the World Tourism Organization in favour of sustainable tourism in developing countries for the eradication of poverty

A module and pedagogical material on ICT and tourism, which is part of a TrainForTrade training course on 'Sustainable tourism for development', was validated in a seminar in Mali in September 2005.

Calls upon Member States and other stakeholders to give support to the activities undertaken by the World Tourism Organization in favour of developing countries, and to its sustainable tourism programme for eliminating poverty, and also calls upon donor countries to provide funding to the Sustainable Tourism Eliminating Poverty (ST EP) Foundation and, where appropriate, to the ST EP Trust Fund

6. Calls upon Member States and other stakeholders to give support to the activities undertaken by the World Tourism Organization in favour of developing countries, and to its sustainable tourism programme for eliminating poverty, and also calls upon donor countries to provide funding to the Sustainable Tourism Eliminating Poverty (ST EP) Foundation and, where appropriate, to the ST EP Trust Fund

The key principles were developed to raise awareness and provide practical guidance to key stakeholders to promote sustainable tourism planning.

The relatively new resolution sought to give the issue of sustainable tourism its rightful place in the General Assembly's deliberations.

Governments should integrate sustainable tourism development in national poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs), as recommended in the Declaration on Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals, adopted on the eve of the 2005 World Summit.

The key principles are endorsed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) an important actor in the field of tourism development and are currently being used to develop sustainable coastal tourism in Africa.

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(d) Strengthening national and regional capabilities in further developing the tourism sector, sustainable tourism in particular, by strengthening the capacities of both human resources and institutions and promoting regional cooperation, especially networking of training institutions