This document outlines Morocco's sustainable tourism charter. It discusses how tourism can have both positive economic and social impacts for Morocco through job creation and economic growth, but also negative environmental and social impacts if not developed sustainably. The charter aims to integrate sustainability across Morocco's tourism industry and value chain. It establishes four key principles: environmental protection, culture and heritage preservation, prioritizing local development and host communities, and adopting principles of equity, ethics and social responsibility. The charter calls on all tourism stakeholders from the public, private, and civic sectors to work together to promote sustainable tourism development.
Ecotourism involves environmentally responsible travel to natural areas that promotes conservation and benefits local communities. It contains educational and interpretive features for small groups to minimize negative impacts. Achieving balance between conservation and development requires managing development density and local participation. The Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve in China benefits from ecotourism by involving local communities and reducing farming/hunting to focus on the ecotourism business. Community-based ecotourism empowers local communities by involving them in conservation and giving them control over development. Ecotourism can fund environmental protection and education/development of local populations through tourism dollars.
The document provides several definitions and principles of ecotourism from various sources:
1) One of the earliest definitions from 1983 emphasizes enjoying nature and culture in relatively undisturbed areas through low-impact travel that promotes conservation and benefits local communities.
2) Subsequent definitions focus on responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves welfare of local people while building environmental awareness.
3) Key principles of ecotourism include minimizing environmental and cultural impacts, providing benefits to conservation and local communities, and respecting local people and cultures.
Sustainable tourism aims to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts of tourism activities. It focuses on environmental protection, socio-cultural authenticity, and local economic benefits. Examples show how overuse of resources by tourism can harm destinations like water scarcity in Bali, but concepts like biohotels and gentle mobility in Austria seek more sustainable solutions. The key pillars of sustainable tourism are environmental, socio-cultural and economic sustainability.
Ecotourism involves sustainable travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves local welfare. It has advantages like economic development and environmental protection, but can negatively impact communities if not managed properly. The document recommends strategic planning, environmental assessments, benefit sharing, public awareness campaigns, and trained staff to minimize ecotourism's disadvantages and maximize local benefits in a sustainable manner.
Ecotourism involves responsible travel to natural areas in a way that conserves the environment and improves livelihoods. Several international agencies promote ecotourism through large funding projects. Ecotourists are typically from developed countries and willing to spend a lot to see unique natural resources, generating substantial revenues for communities. However, ecotourism must be properly managed to avoid uprooting locals from traditions or having most profits go to large companies instead of communities. Both benefits like direct revenues and costs like startup expenses must be considered.
This document introduces ecotourism by defining tourism according to the UNWTO, explaining what ecotourism is according to different sources, outlining the principles of ecotourism including minimizing environmental impacts and benefiting local communities, describing the characteristics and advantages of ecotourism, and identifying potential disadvantages and different types of ecotourists.
Ecotourism involves visiting natural areas in a way that minimizes negative environmental impacts and supports local communities. It aims to educate travelers, provide funds for conservation, and foster respect for different cultures. For ecotourism to be successful, it must be small-scale, involve local communities, and ensure most profits stay in the local economy. However, some large-scale operations are accused of "greenwashing" by causing environmental damage while marketing themselves as ecotourism. Effective regulation and guidelines are needed to ensure ecotourism truly achieves environmental and social goals.
Role of eco tourism in achieving sustainable developmentAMALDASKH
The document discusses the role of ecotourism in achieving sustainable development. It defines ecotourism as a form of low-impact tourism that involves visiting natural areas to study and enjoy nature and culture, while improving environmental conservation and local well-being. Sustainable development seeks economic systems with little resource consumption and ecological damage. Ecotourism can contribute to conservation, sustain local communities, include education, require responsible action, and rely on small, renewable resource-friendly businesses. The principles of ecotourism are to minimize impacts and build environmental/cultural awareness, while providing benefits to both visitors and locals. Ecotourism's goal is to ensure socio-economic development and natural/cultural landscape protection through
Ecotourism involves environmentally responsible travel to natural areas that promotes conservation and benefits local communities. It contains educational and interpretive features for small groups to minimize negative impacts. Achieving balance between conservation and development requires managing development density and local participation. The Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve in China benefits from ecotourism by involving local communities and reducing farming/hunting to focus on the ecotourism business. Community-based ecotourism empowers local communities by involving them in conservation and giving them control over development. Ecotourism can fund environmental protection and education/development of local populations through tourism dollars.
The document provides several definitions and principles of ecotourism from various sources:
1) One of the earliest definitions from 1983 emphasizes enjoying nature and culture in relatively undisturbed areas through low-impact travel that promotes conservation and benefits local communities.
2) Subsequent definitions focus on responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves welfare of local people while building environmental awareness.
3) Key principles of ecotourism include minimizing environmental and cultural impacts, providing benefits to conservation and local communities, and respecting local people and cultures.
Sustainable tourism aims to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts of tourism activities. It focuses on environmental protection, socio-cultural authenticity, and local economic benefits. Examples show how overuse of resources by tourism can harm destinations like water scarcity in Bali, but concepts like biohotels and gentle mobility in Austria seek more sustainable solutions. The key pillars of sustainable tourism are environmental, socio-cultural and economic sustainability.
Ecotourism involves sustainable travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves local welfare. It has advantages like economic development and environmental protection, but can negatively impact communities if not managed properly. The document recommends strategic planning, environmental assessments, benefit sharing, public awareness campaigns, and trained staff to minimize ecotourism's disadvantages and maximize local benefits in a sustainable manner.
Ecotourism involves responsible travel to natural areas in a way that conserves the environment and improves livelihoods. Several international agencies promote ecotourism through large funding projects. Ecotourists are typically from developed countries and willing to spend a lot to see unique natural resources, generating substantial revenues for communities. However, ecotourism must be properly managed to avoid uprooting locals from traditions or having most profits go to large companies instead of communities. Both benefits like direct revenues and costs like startup expenses must be considered.
This document introduces ecotourism by defining tourism according to the UNWTO, explaining what ecotourism is according to different sources, outlining the principles of ecotourism including minimizing environmental impacts and benefiting local communities, describing the characteristics and advantages of ecotourism, and identifying potential disadvantages and different types of ecotourists.
Ecotourism involves visiting natural areas in a way that minimizes negative environmental impacts and supports local communities. It aims to educate travelers, provide funds for conservation, and foster respect for different cultures. For ecotourism to be successful, it must be small-scale, involve local communities, and ensure most profits stay in the local economy. However, some large-scale operations are accused of "greenwashing" by causing environmental damage while marketing themselves as ecotourism. Effective regulation and guidelines are needed to ensure ecotourism truly achieves environmental and social goals.
Role of eco tourism in achieving sustainable developmentAMALDASKH
The document discusses the role of ecotourism in achieving sustainable development. It defines ecotourism as a form of low-impact tourism that involves visiting natural areas to study and enjoy nature and culture, while improving environmental conservation and local well-being. Sustainable development seeks economic systems with little resource consumption and ecological damage. Ecotourism can contribute to conservation, sustain local communities, include education, require responsible action, and rely on small, renewable resource-friendly businesses. The principles of ecotourism are to minimize impacts and build environmental/cultural awareness, while providing benefits to both visitors and locals. Ecotourism's goal is to ensure socio-economic development and natural/cultural landscape protection through
Ecotourism involves traveling to relatively undisturbed natural areas to study and enjoy nature and culture while promoting conservation. If not planned properly, tourism can damage environments through overuse. Ecotourism should enhance conservation, education, and socioeconomic benefits for local communities while having low environmental impact. Popular ecotourism activities in the Philippines include mountaineering, birdwatching, scuba diving, and whale watching, which support conservation if practiced sustainably.
1. The Tourism Industry
2. Classic Tourism Development Theories
3. Ideal Sustainable Tourism Development
4. Issues in Tourism Development
5. Some Possible Solutions
This book by Anna Spenceley and Andrew Rylance is designed to help you understand how to travel responsibly. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to find and book holidays and trips that benefit the local environment and the people who live there.
Depuis plusieurs années, les chercheurs insistent sur le rôle de la durabilité en tant qu'avantage
comparatif pour la compétitivité des destinations touristiques. Ainsi, dans ce contexte, il est essentiel de
planifier l'utilisation des ressources du tourisme et de la répartition des flux en prenant comme prémisse la
défense de l'environnement et la conservation du patrimoine naturel et culturel.
Ce papier de recherche montre comment la durabilité influe sur la compétitivité de la destination touristique.
Les résultats de l'étude effectuée sur la destination touristique de la région Souss Massa montrent globalement
que la durabilité et la compétitivité peuvent être conciliées.
Religion and spirituality have played a significant role in humanity's history. Many cultural sights, festivals, and traditions around the world are religious in nature. Pilgrimages, which can be physical or metaphorical journeys, are often made for spiritual reasons to places of religious importance in various faiths.
El documento habla sobre el turismo sostenible. Define el turismo sostenible como el desarrollo que satisface las necesidades de la generación presente sin comprometer las generaciones futuras. Discute las dimensiones ambientales, socio-culturales y económicas de la sostenibilidad y los impactos positivos y negativos del turismo. Finalmente, propone estrategias como la gestión local participativa y potenciar la gastronomía local para promover un turismo de mayor calidad y respeto por el medio ambiente.
Green Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentAkshita Jain
The document discusses green economy and sustainable development. It defines a green economy as one that reduces pollution and carbon emissions through investments in clean energy and resource efficiency. The goals of a green economy are shared prosperity and societal resilience through economic, social and environmental pillars of inclusive growth. Key areas of a green economy include renewable energy, green buildings, clean transportation, land and water management, and waste reduction through recycling and reuse. Transitioning to a green economy can help achieve the goals of sustainable development.
5.Sustainable / Alternate and Mass TourismSonia Khan
Sustainable tourism involves meeting the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting opportunities for the future. It aims to protect the environment, meet human needs, promote equity, and improve quality of life. Sustainable tourism takes into account current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts on visitors, industry, the environment, and host communities. It leads to managing resources in a way that fulfills economic, social, aesthetic needs while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes.
Le Centre Mondial d’Excellence des destinations (CED) a pour mission de contribuer à amener les destinations du monde entier à l’excellence. Pour remplir sa mission, le CED utilise le Système de Mesures de l’Excellence des Destinations (SMED), un outil pratique et adapté à la réalité de chaque destination partenaire. Le SMED permet d’évaluer une destination et de formuler une série de recommandations utiles pour l’amélioration de sa
performance et de sa compétitivité dans un contexte de développement durable. À ce jour, le CED a des ententes avec la Riviera Maya, les Cantons-de-l’Est, le Samos, etc.
Green tourism involves environmentally friendly practices in the tourism industry that help conserve natural resources and cultural heritage. It includes minimizing energy and water usage, waste production, and encouraging the use of public transportation, walking, and cycling over private vehicles. Green tourism aims to reduce the environmental impact of tourism and support local communities and economies in a sustainable way.
This document provides an outline and overview of the concept of sustainable development. It discusses how sustainable development first emerged in international reports in the 1980s focusing on balancing environmental protection and economic development. The document then defines development and sustainable development, describing it as meeting current needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It outlines the evolution of sustainable development through key conferences and frameworks. Finally, it discusses the three pillars of sustainable development as environmental protection, economic development, and social development with some adding a fourth pillar of cultural diversity.
The challenges of sustainable development andshaham asadi
This document discusses the challenges of sustainable development and architecture. It argues that sustainable development as commonly conceived in the Western world does not adequately consider the social and cultural identities of communities. Sustainable architecture should take a postmodern approach that balances global ideas with local culture, history, climate and infrastructure. The document also examines factors that influence sustainable development such as economics, politics, technology, society and the environment. It presents sustainable development as requiring a balanced, holistic approach across these various domains.
Eco Tourism and Community Participation in Tourism Planning sushmasahupgdthm
The document defines ecotourism as environmentally responsible travel that promotes conservation and involves local populations. It discusses the key components of ecotourism, including visiting natural areas with educational features while minimizing impacts and supporting local communities. The document also examines some challenges like balancing visitor access to wildlife with preservation, and ensuring ecotourism benefits local populations and the environment rather than harming them. It concludes that effective ecotourism requires integrating conservation, community development, and economic plans while continually evaluating environmental impacts.
The document discusses sustainable development in several contexts:
1. It defines sustainable development and outlines how it has been defined in various contexts such as forestry, urban planning, and international development projects.
2. It discusses models for exploring sustainable development, including using pillars like environmental protection, economic development, and social development. It also discusses including additional pillars like culture and political participation.
3. It outlines key strategies for implementing sustainable development, including using systems thinking to address determinants of issues like poverty, working across boundaries in a transdisciplinary way, and working from principles of truth about what works and what is essential.
The document introduces the concept of sustainable development by discussing its history and key paths. Sustainable development aims to encourage economic growth and social inclusion while protecting the environment. It is defined as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The idea emerged in the 1970s and gained prominence through UN conferences in the 1980s-1990s. Key paths to sustainable development discussed include clean energy, poverty reduction, natural resource management, production/consumption, public health, social inclusion, and sustainable transport.
Ecotourism aims to conserve the environment and support local communities by minimizing negative impacts. It focuses on experiencing natural areas and learning about local cultures in a sustainable way. Kerala, India has great potential for ecotourism due to its beaches, backwaters, forests, and biodiversity. The government of Kerala is promoting ecotourism by identifying spots in forests to develop with activities like trekking and birdwatching, in a way that benefits local communities and conservation. While tourism provides economic benefits, its impacts must be carefully managed to avoid environmental degradation and cultural changes.
Heritage tourism in India remains largely unexplored territory. There are significant opportunities to expand heritage tourism given India's rich cultural heritage and the economic benefits it can provide. However, realizing this potential will require an integrated nationwide strategy that promotes preservation, development of sites and attractions, improved infrastructure and visitor services, aggressive marketing, and public-private partnerships. Coordinated efforts across multiple stakeholders are needed to develop heritage tourism as a major sector in India.
Sustainable tourism seeks to minimize environmental and social impacts while providing economic benefits. It takes full account of current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts on visitors, industry, environment, and host communities. The principles of sustainable tourism include using resources sustainably, reducing over-consumption and waste, maintaining biodiversity, integrating tourism into local planning, supporting local economies, involving local communities, consulting stakeholders, training staff, marketing responsibly, and ongoing research.
Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Summary Dr Lendy Spires
Why Tourism & Intangible Cultural Heritage? UNWTO Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage is embodied in those practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills, as well as in associated objects and cultural spaces, that communities and individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Transmitted through generations and constantly recreated, it provides humanity with a sense of identity and continuity.* This global wealth of traditions has become one of the principal motivations for travel, with tourists seeking to engage with new cultures and experience the global variety of performing arts, handicrafts, rituals, cuisines, and interpretations of nature and the universe.
As celebrated on World Tourism Day 2011, ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’, the cultural interaction spurred by such encounters prompts dialogue, builds understanding, and, in turn, fosters tolerance and peace. One of the challenges currently facing the tourism sector is to contribute to the identification, protection and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through tourism development. Fostering the responsible use of this living heritage for tourism purposes can provide new employment opportunities, help alleviate poverty, curb rural flight migration among the young and marginally-employed, and nurture a sense of pride among communities.
Tourism also offers a powerful incentive for preserving and enhancing intangible cultural heritage, as the revenue it generates can be channelled back into initiatives to aid its long-term survival. Intangible cultural heritage must be thoughtfully managed if it is to survive in an increasingly globalised world. True partnerships between communities and the tourism and heritage sectors can only occur if all sides develop a genuine appreciation for each other’s aspirations and values.
Exploring the Green Side_ How Sustainable Tourism Can Preserve Natural Wonder...CIOWomenMagazine
Key Principles of Sustainable Tourism: 1. Community Engagement and Empowerment, 2. Conservation of Biodiversity, 3. Cultural Respect and Preservation, 4. Environmental Responsibility.
Ecotourism involves traveling to relatively undisturbed natural areas to study and enjoy nature and culture while promoting conservation. If not planned properly, tourism can damage environments through overuse. Ecotourism should enhance conservation, education, and socioeconomic benefits for local communities while having low environmental impact. Popular ecotourism activities in the Philippines include mountaineering, birdwatching, scuba diving, and whale watching, which support conservation if practiced sustainably.
1. The Tourism Industry
2. Classic Tourism Development Theories
3. Ideal Sustainable Tourism Development
4. Issues in Tourism Development
5. Some Possible Solutions
This book by Anna Spenceley and Andrew Rylance is designed to help you understand how to travel responsibly. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to find and book holidays and trips that benefit the local environment and the people who live there.
Depuis plusieurs années, les chercheurs insistent sur le rôle de la durabilité en tant qu'avantage
comparatif pour la compétitivité des destinations touristiques. Ainsi, dans ce contexte, il est essentiel de
planifier l'utilisation des ressources du tourisme et de la répartition des flux en prenant comme prémisse la
défense de l'environnement et la conservation du patrimoine naturel et culturel.
Ce papier de recherche montre comment la durabilité influe sur la compétitivité de la destination touristique.
Les résultats de l'étude effectuée sur la destination touristique de la région Souss Massa montrent globalement
que la durabilité et la compétitivité peuvent être conciliées.
Religion and spirituality have played a significant role in humanity's history. Many cultural sights, festivals, and traditions around the world are religious in nature. Pilgrimages, which can be physical or metaphorical journeys, are often made for spiritual reasons to places of religious importance in various faiths.
El documento habla sobre el turismo sostenible. Define el turismo sostenible como el desarrollo que satisface las necesidades de la generación presente sin comprometer las generaciones futuras. Discute las dimensiones ambientales, socio-culturales y económicas de la sostenibilidad y los impactos positivos y negativos del turismo. Finalmente, propone estrategias como la gestión local participativa y potenciar la gastronomía local para promover un turismo de mayor calidad y respeto por el medio ambiente.
Green Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentAkshita Jain
The document discusses green economy and sustainable development. It defines a green economy as one that reduces pollution and carbon emissions through investments in clean energy and resource efficiency. The goals of a green economy are shared prosperity and societal resilience through economic, social and environmental pillars of inclusive growth. Key areas of a green economy include renewable energy, green buildings, clean transportation, land and water management, and waste reduction through recycling and reuse. Transitioning to a green economy can help achieve the goals of sustainable development.
5.Sustainable / Alternate and Mass TourismSonia Khan
Sustainable tourism involves meeting the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting opportunities for the future. It aims to protect the environment, meet human needs, promote equity, and improve quality of life. Sustainable tourism takes into account current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts on visitors, industry, the environment, and host communities. It leads to managing resources in a way that fulfills economic, social, aesthetic needs while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes.
Le Centre Mondial d’Excellence des destinations (CED) a pour mission de contribuer à amener les destinations du monde entier à l’excellence. Pour remplir sa mission, le CED utilise le Système de Mesures de l’Excellence des Destinations (SMED), un outil pratique et adapté à la réalité de chaque destination partenaire. Le SMED permet d’évaluer une destination et de formuler une série de recommandations utiles pour l’amélioration de sa
performance et de sa compétitivité dans un contexte de développement durable. À ce jour, le CED a des ententes avec la Riviera Maya, les Cantons-de-l’Est, le Samos, etc.
Green tourism involves environmentally friendly practices in the tourism industry that help conserve natural resources and cultural heritage. It includes minimizing energy and water usage, waste production, and encouraging the use of public transportation, walking, and cycling over private vehicles. Green tourism aims to reduce the environmental impact of tourism and support local communities and economies in a sustainable way.
This document provides an outline and overview of the concept of sustainable development. It discusses how sustainable development first emerged in international reports in the 1980s focusing on balancing environmental protection and economic development. The document then defines development and sustainable development, describing it as meeting current needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It outlines the evolution of sustainable development through key conferences and frameworks. Finally, it discusses the three pillars of sustainable development as environmental protection, economic development, and social development with some adding a fourth pillar of cultural diversity.
The challenges of sustainable development andshaham asadi
This document discusses the challenges of sustainable development and architecture. It argues that sustainable development as commonly conceived in the Western world does not adequately consider the social and cultural identities of communities. Sustainable architecture should take a postmodern approach that balances global ideas with local culture, history, climate and infrastructure. The document also examines factors that influence sustainable development such as economics, politics, technology, society and the environment. It presents sustainable development as requiring a balanced, holistic approach across these various domains.
Eco Tourism and Community Participation in Tourism Planning sushmasahupgdthm
The document defines ecotourism as environmentally responsible travel that promotes conservation and involves local populations. It discusses the key components of ecotourism, including visiting natural areas with educational features while minimizing impacts and supporting local communities. The document also examines some challenges like balancing visitor access to wildlife with preservation, and ensuring ecotourism benefits local populations and the environment rather than harming them. It concludes that effective ecotourism requires integrating conservation, community development, and economic plans while continually evaluating environmental impacts.
The document discusses sustainable development in several contexts:
1. It defines sustainable development and outlines how it has been defined in various contexts such as forestry, urban planning, and international development projects.
2. It discusses models for exploring sustainable development, including using pillars like environmental protection, economic development, and social development. It also discusses including additional pillars like culture and political participation.
3. It outlines key strategies for implementing sustainable development, including using systems thinking to address determinants of issues like poverty, working across boundaries in a transdisciplinary way, and working from principles of truth about what works and what is essential.
The document introduces the concept of sustainable development by discussing its history and key paths. Sustainable development aims to encourage economic growth and social inclusion while protecting the environment. It is defined as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The idea emerged in the 1970s and gained prominence through UN conferences in the 1980s-1990s. Key paths to sustainable development discussed include clean energy, poverty reduction, natural resource management, production/consumption, public health, social inclusion, and sustainable transport.
Ecotourism aims to conserve the environment and support local communities by minimizing negative impacts. It focuses on experiencing natural areas and learning about local cultures in a sustainable way. Kerala, India has great potential for ecotourism due to its beaches, backwaters, forests, and biodiversity. The government of Kerala is promoting ecotourism by identifying spots in forests to develop with activities like trekking and birdwatching, in a way that benefits local communities and conservation. While tourism provides economic benefits, its impacts must be carefully managed to avoid environmental degradation and cultural changes.
Heritage tourism in India remains largely unexplored territory. There are significant opportunities to expand heritage tourism given India's rich cultural heritage and the economic benefits it can provide. However, realizing this potential will require an integrated nationwide strategy that promotes preservation, development of sites and attractions, improved infrastructure and visitor services, aggressive marketing, and public-private partnerships. Coordinated efforts across multiple stakeholders are needed to develop heritage tourism as a major sector in India.
Sustainable tourism seeks to minimize environmental and social impacts while providing economic benefits. It takes full account of current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts on visitors, industry, environment, and host communities. The principles of sustainable tourism include using resources sustainably, reducing over-consumption and waste, maintaining biodiversity, integrating tourism into local planning, supporting local economies, involving local communities, consulting stakeholders, training staff, marketing responsibly, and ongoing research.
Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Summary Dr Lendy Spires
Why Tourism & Intangible Cultural Heritage? UNWTO Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage is embodied in those practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills, as well as in associated objects and cultural spaces, that communities and individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Transmitted through generations and constantly recreated, it provides humanity with a sense of identity and continuity.* This global wealth of traditions has become one of the principal motivations for travel, with tourists seeking to engage with new cultures and experience the global variety of performing arts, handicrafts, rituals, cuisines, and interpretations of nature and the universe.
As celebrated on World Tourism Day 2011, ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’, the cultural interaction spurred by such encounters prompts dialogue, builds understanding, and, in turn, fosters tolerance and peace. One of the challenges currently facing the tourism sector is to contribute to the identification, protection and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through tourism development. Fostering the responsible use of this living heritage for tourism purposes can provide new employment opportunities, help alleviate poverty, curb rural flight migration among the young and marginally-employed, and nurture a sense of pride among communities.
Tourism also offers a powerful incentive for preserving and enhancing intangible cultural heritage, as the revenue it generates can be channelled back into initiatives to aid its long-term survival. Intangible cultural heritage must be thoughtfully managed if it is to survive in an increasingly globalised world. True partnerships between communities and the tourism and heritage sectors can only occur if all sides develop a genuine appreciation for each other’s aspirations and values.
Exploring the Green Side_ How Sustainable Tourism Can Preserve Natural Wonder...CIOWomenMagazine
Key Principles of Sustainable Tourism: 1. Community Engagement and Empowerment, 2. Conservation of Biodiversity, 3. Cultural Respect and Preservation, 4. Environmental Responsibility.
This document discusses sustainable tourism development. It begins by noting that tourism is a major global industry that can positively or negatively impact destinations. Sustainable tourism aims to balance environmental, economic, and cultural factors to improve host communities' quality of life. The document then reviews definitions of sustainable tourism and discusses its goals of improving host communities while preserving natural and cultural resources. It also examines sustainable tourism's socio-cultural, environmental, and economic impacts and carrying capacities. Issues with and trends in sustainable tourism development are also reviewed.
Sustainable Tourism and it's requirement.pptxHosSpot
Sustainable tourism aims to conserve natural and cultural resources while providing economic opportunities for local communities. It involves stakeholders including governments, communities, tourism operators, and NGOs. Sustainable tourism benefits the environment by protecting resources, benefits communities by creating jobs and revenue, and benefits tourism by maintaining attractive destinations. However, tourism also poses threats like overuse of resources if not properly managed through carrying capacity limits and best practices. There is growing global demand for sustainable tourism options.
This document summarizes Cape Town, South Africa's journey towards becoming a more responsible tourism destination from 2004 to 2013. It discusses the multi-stakeholder process that led to the adoption of a Responsible Tourism policy and action plan by the city council in 2009. Key aspects of the process included aligning stakeholder priorities with international, national, and local policies. Challenges included different stakeholder capacities and a lack of incentives and resources for implementation. Lessons learned emphasized the importance of collective efforts, continuous improvement, and addressing barriers faced by different stakeholders.
This document presents a geotourism charter that aims to sustain and enhance the geographical character of a place for tourism purposes while benefiting local communities and environments. The charter commits signatories to geotourism principles like enhancing local character, adhering to international codes, encouraging sustainable market growth, ensuring community and environmental protection, and establishing evaluation processes. It focuses on developing tourism that highlights a place's natural assets, culture, and heritage.
Sustainable tourism aims to meet the needs of tourists and host communities while preserving resources for future generations. It emerged in response to uncontrolled tourism growth damaging resources. Sustainable tourism principles include ecological sustainability to minimize environmental impacts, social and cultural sustainability to respect local communities, and economic sustainability to provide fair benefits to stakeholders. Tools to achieve sustainability include regulations, visitor management techniques, protected areas, carrying capacity calculations, and stakeholder consultation.
Develop Tourism Linkage Models Associated with Biosphere Reserve Conservationijtsrd
Connecting to develop tourism together with conserve biosphere reserves is one of the solutions for sustainable tourism development. Vietnam has plenty of biosphere reserves that have been recognized by UNESCO as the worlds biosphere reserves. Therefore, developing tourism in association with the conservation of biosphere reserves is an optimal strategy for Vietnams tourism industry. It is necessary to develop tourism linkage models with biosphere reserve conservation. The developed models may help promote the value of biosphere reserves while sustainably conserving them. Nguyen Quoc Nghi "Develop Tourism Linkage Models Associated with Biosphere Reserve Conservation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38243.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/enviormental-science/38243/develop-tourism-linkage-models-associated-with-biosphere-reserve-conservation/nguyen-quoc-nghi
The roles of tourists, tourism operators, and local communities are important for supporting sustainable tourism.
Tourists can choose sustainable tourism by paying slightly higher fees, which encourages conservation. Operators influence consumer choices and work with suppliers and destinations to further sustainability. They provide information to tourists and limit impacts.
Local communities are directly involved through jobs, services, and partnerships with operators. They share economic and cultural benefits, and regulate visiting areas to protect resources and promote sustainable development. All parties aim to respect cultures and environments while achieving economic goals.
Chapter 6 Tourism Planning for Sustainable Destinations and Sites (Tourism Pl...Md Shaifullar Rabbi
The document discusses sustainable tourism planning and development. It defines sustainable tourism as visiting destinations in a way that minimizes negative environmental, social, and economic impacts. It outlines the three dimensions of sustainable tourism as environmental, economic, and social. It also discusses principles of sustainable tourism development such as optimizing resource use, reducing overconsumption, maintaining biodiversity, and ensuring long-term economic benefits.
The document discusses sustainable tourism development in the Philippines. It provides definitions of tourism and sustainable tourism according to international organizations. Some key points:
- Tourism contributed 12.7% to Philippines' GDP in 2018 and employed over 5.4 million people.
- Sustainable tourism aims to balance environmental protection, community engagement, and economic growth. It requires participation from stakeholders and adaptive management.
- The Philippines' Department of Tourism promotes rural tourism, farm tourism, and improved infrastructure to boost access and connectivity. It enforces regulations to rehabilitate areas like Boracay and ensure standards compliance.
- DOT's priorities include global promotions, sustainability practices like waste management, and making tourism benefit inclusive economic growth.
Sustainable tourism development is an essential approach that aims to minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment, culture, and local communities while maximizing the positive contributions it can bring. In recent years, there has been an increasing global recognition of the importance of sustainable tourism as a means to preserve natural and cultural heritage, foster economic growth, and ensure long-term benefits for destinations and stakeholders. This article explores the significance of promoting sustainable tourism development and highlights key strategies that can be implemented to encourage responsible travel.
The document outlines 5 key tourism trends:
1) Sustainable tourism is going mainstream with increased global spotlight and consumer awareness of impacts.
2) There is demand for authentic, experiential travel that connects visitors with local culture, customs and people.
3) The sharing economy is evolving to focus on fair practices for local communities.
4) Overtourism is a challenge as some destinations become overcrowded, impacting residents' quality of life.
5) Inclusive tourism that provides accessibility for persons with disabilities is an important growing market sector.
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Moroccan sustainable tourism charter
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3. PREAMBLE
Tourism is a major contributor to the economic, social and human development…
Tourism is more than ever a catalyst for socio-economic development in Morocco and in the
world. Its economic impacts (boosting productive fabrics, wealth creation, growth improvement,
improving the balance of payment, etc.) and social ones (reduce unemployment, improve the pur-
chasing power, poverty alleviation, etc.) are clearly evident.
Furthermore, and besides that it allows men and women from different cultures to meet, tourism
also plays a significant role in the development of the intangible heritage, the encouragement
of culture exchanges, the establishment of dialogue of peoples and respect of others, and the
promotion of tolerance.
Principle 1 :
Environmental and biodiversity
Protection
Principle 2 :
culture and heritage perpetuation
Principle 3 :
Prioritise local development and
respect of host communities
Principle 4 :
Adopting the principles of equity,
ethics, and social responsibility
… but may have some negative impacts.
An irrational tourism development can have negative impacts on the natural and socio-cultural environ-
ment.
From an environmental perspective, and as any other economic activity, tourism can be a source of eco-
systems destruction, of a poor natural resources management, landscape alteration, and can also disrupt
host communities and alter heritage and cultural values. This would go against the positive contribution
tourism is supposed to make, and lead, inter alia, to a reduction in the value added created by the sector
and therefore in the income of local populations.
The alternative of Sustainable Tourism
At present, it is critical to integrate a sustainability process in 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.”(UNWTO). This is the only alternative to perpetuate tourism’s positive
impacts, while anticipating, reducing, and compensating for its damages
SUMMARY
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4. Aware of this challenge, Morocco’s public and private stakeholders in the tourism value chain have given sustainability top priority.
A proof of this is the tourism development strategy “Vision 2020,” which proposes to integrate sustainability in all the links of the
tourism value chain by, inter alia, taking into account the impact of tourism projects on their different environments, the integration
of sustainability criteria in reforms, standards, and regulations, the support and the strengthening of the capacity of tourism profes-
sionals, developed monitoring tools, and the adoption of an appropriate marketing and promotion strategy.
Sustainable tourism is everyone’s responsibility
Given that tourism is a cross-cutting sector, making it more sustainable requires bringing together and a mobilizing all tourism
stakeholders (institutions, investors, professionals, tourists, civil society, and citizens), and combining their efforts.
This is the objective of the present Charter that aims at setting out tourism stakeholders’ common principles in Morocco. While
drawing it up, all international conventions and agreements that Morocco adopted as regards Sustainable Development and Hu-
man Rights have been taken into consideration.
“Working together for a tourism that meets the
needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs .”
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6. The natural environment and the biodiversity of the fauna and the flora are one of the fundamentals of the tourism product. Their protection and promo-
tion is more than ever the responsibility of all tourism stakeholders. The latter undertake to:
01a. Comply with the environmental regulations in force ;
b. Adopt, in all the aspects of producing and consuming tourism products and services, an approach that ensures the rationalization
and exploitation of environmental resources, the protection of biodiversity, and the protection of endangered, vulnerable species ;
c. Promote and encourage the use of biological, natural, ecolabelled/certified materials and products that have less negative impacts on
the environment ;
d. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ;
e. Adopt appropriate patterns of production and consumption or some that have less negative impacts on the environment ;
f. Have an integrated environmental policy, imparted and shared with internal and external stakeholders ;
g. Take account of the impact of tourism activities on the environment and commit to minimising negative impacts on the latter ;
h. Take corrective actions in case of inevitable impact on the environment ;
i. Raise stakeholders’awareness of the imperatives of environment friendliness, and encourage a responsible purchasing policy ;
j. Disseminate information about the actions taken to protect the environment and to rationalise the use of natural resources ;
k. Devote specific attention to protected areas, coastal areas, biological and ecological sites, and natural parks.
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7. - Take account of tourism’s impact
on the environment in public policies, tourism
regulations, and support measures that are made
available to the professionals ;
- Raise tourism stakeholders’ awareness
of the importance of respecting the environment,
preserving biodiversity, and fighting against
global warming ;
- Comply with the environmental
regulations in force ;
- Make available to tourism professionals
tools and support measures able to improve their
respect for the environment and reduce tourism’s
negative impact on the latter (eco-labels, awards,
incentives, etc) ;
- Put in place indicators to monitor
sustainability.
- Carry out, systematically, an
environmental impact assessment before any new
investment project ;
- Favour, when carrying out investment
projects, materials and products that have less
environmental impact ;
- Favour ecodesigns and reduce
buildings’ecological footprint ;
- Adopt a strict management of waste
resulting from carrying out tourism projects;
- Use labels and certifications as regards
sustainable construction.
institutionals
investors
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8. - Have an environmental policy to
preclude the impact of tourism enterprises on the
environment, and to take corrective actions when
needed ;
- Raise visitors’ and the staff’s awareness
of the adoption of an eco-responsible behaviour
(control water and energy consumption, sorting
and increasing the value of waste’s life cycle, etc.) ;
- Opt for a responsible purchasing
policy;
- Opt for products with low chemical
content, particularly organic products and those
with an eco-label ;
- Rationalize the use of raw materials
with a view to reducing waste quantity and
complying with the environment in general ;
- Use eco-labels and/or approaches
related to an environmental management system;
- Favour collaboration with committed
stakeholders, particularly those who signed the
Moroccan Sustainable Tourism Charter, or have
environmental labels and/or certifications as
regards sustainable tourism ;
- Prohibit the direct and indirect use
of endangered species (flora and fauna) in the
products offered to tourists (meals, excursions,
furniture and objects of decoration, etc).
- Demonstrate a friendly behaviour that
aims at protecting the visited natural environment,
and preserving it from any risk related to pollution
in its various forms ;
- Favour the use of environmentally
friendly transport modes or with low
environmental impact ;
- Offset, if possible, carbon dioxide
emissions resulting from mobility and the
consumption of tourism products and services ;
- Rationalize the use of water and energy
during tourists’stay ;
- Favour the choice of tourism
enterprises that are engaged in a sustainability
approach, particularly those who signed the
Moroccan Sustainable Tourism Charter, or have
an environmental label/certification as regards
complying with the principles of sustainable
tourism.
- Encourage the establishment of
proactive approaches that raise awareness of the
issues related to environment protection ;
- Contribute actively to the ongoing
improvement of sustainable tourism public
policies ;
- Put in place actions that aim at
promoting the development of sustainable
tourism in their region ;
- Preserve Morocco’s environment and
natural assets ;
- Raise citizens’ awareness of
the importance of ensuring the quality of
environment;
- Encourage the adoption of eco friendly
behaviours.
tourists
citizensprofessionals
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10. 02
culture and heritage
perpetuation
Morocco’s cultural diversity and its rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage give the kingdom a competi-
tive, undeniable advantage, and make it internationally renown.
In order to perpetuate these assets, tourism stakeholders undertake to:
a. Promote Moroccan cultural aspects, as well as those specific to the country’s different
territories and regions ;
b. Preserve and develop Morocco’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage ;
c. Rehabilitate and protect derelict local architectural heritage ;
d. Encourage Moroccan craftsmanship ;
e. Promote and develop Moroccan art in its different forms ;
f. Favour the use of local products ;
g. Protect the traditions, languages, and dialects of the different local people ;
h. Ensure the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in
accordance with the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage 1972 and the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of
Cultural Expressions 2005 (UNESCO);
i. Carry out tourism activities in line and in accordance with the host regions’specificities
and traditions.
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11. - Ensure the implementation of
UNESCO’s conventions that are approved by
Morocco ;
- Encourage registering more sites with
authentic and cultural values in UNESCO’s World
Heritage lists ;
- Promote cultural events in Morocco
through the organization or the support of
festivals, exhibitions, fairs and shows, etc.
- Protect and restore sites with cultural
and/or spiritual value ;
- Raise professionals and civil society’s
awareness and build their capacities as regards
heritage development and promotion ;
- Promote Moroccan heritage and
cultural diversity in various tourism events, while
ensuring not to trivialise it ;
- Develop and distribute communication
tools that develop and promote heritage ;
- Put in place indicators to monitor
sustainability.
- Promote Moroccan architecture
and craftsmanship by integrating them when
developing tourism projects ;
- Promote the use of Moroccan
handicrafts when fitting out and decorating
tourism projects ;
- Raise the staffs’ awareness, during
rehabilitation projects, of the importance of
protecting Moroccan heritage and historical
aspects ;
- Support associations /NGOs working
for the promotion of the region’s tangible and
intangible heritage .
institutionals
investors
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12. - Use, to the extent possible, local
products and Moroccan handicrafts;
- Raise visitors’ and the staffs’ awareness
of the Moroccan history and its tangible and
intangible heritage and the importance of
preserving them;
- Promote built heritage and Moroccan
cultural diversity ;
- Contribute to the rehabilitation of the
local architectural heritage;
- Ensure the compliance with historic
sites carrying capacity.
- Respect local traditions and comply
with the instructions when visiting monuments
and cultural attractions ;
- Favour the use/purchase of local
handicrafts and local products ;
- Protect the quality of historic
monuments and architectural works that are
visited.
- Carry out individual or collective
initiatives to protect the local and national
tangible and intangible cultural heritage ;
- Raise citizens’ awareness of the
importance of protecting Morocco’s cultural and
heritage aspects ;
- Contribute to facilitate tourists’ access
to the Moroccan culture ;
- Implementeducationalandawareness-
raising activities as regards complying with and
protecting heritage for the youth.
tourists
citizensprofessionals
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14. 03
Tourism is a powerhouse of Morocco’s economic development. Besides its contribution to the creation of the national value added and the balance of macro-
economics indicators, tourism is mainly an important lever of local and regional prosperity.
In order to achieve this objective, tourism stakeholders in Morocco undertake to:
a. Contribute to achieve the sustainable development goals (17 goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development)* ;
b. Preserve cultural and ethnic specificities of host communities, and to engage them in all decision-making that concern their area ;
c. Maintain an ongoing dialogue and coordination with local populations and take account of their needs throughout the life cycle of
tourism products.
*https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
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15. - Take into account each region’s
development imperatives and specificities when
designing and implementing tourism public
policies ;
- Ensure an ongoing dialogue and a
systematic involvement of regional stakeholders
in all projects and activities that concern them ;
- Produce regularly statistics and
indicators on tourism’s impact on local
development ;
- Ensure monitoring the objectives of
sustainable development as regards tourism, and
impart results with all relevant stakeholders.
- Take account of the impact of any
tourism investment on local communities ;
- Favour tourism investments that
comply with local specificities in consultation with
stakeholders ;
- Favour the recruitment of local skills
and offer them a career plan.
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investors
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16. - Condemn and denounce immoral,
unethical business practices ;
- Promote local employment ;
- Promote the local culture and heritage
of regions where tourism projects are located ;
- Promote the use and consumption of
local products ;
- Support initiatives and events that
promote local development.
- Promote the purchase and
consumption of local products, particularly those
of cooperatives ;
- Respect and comply with the traditions,
customs, and identities of local communities ;
- Respect the values and cultural
authenticity of host communities.
- Participate in the decision-making
process as regards tourism development in their
region ;
- Contribute to enrich the debate and
better orientate tourism strategies locally and
regionally ;
- Condemn and denounce immoral,
unethical business practices.
tourists
citizensprofessionals
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18. 04
Adopting the principles
of equity, ethics, and
social responsibility
Inevitably, no sustainable tourism development can be achieved without federating efforts of all stakeholders. Also, it is important that the
collaboration of tourism stakeholders is based on sharing and respecting values, rules, and principles that guarantee transparency, solidarity,
equal opportunities, and mutual respect.
Thus, tourism stakeholders undertake to:
a. Ensure the liberty of tourist movements and avoid any discriminatory restrictions ;
b. Facilitate access of tourism to all population groups, particularly youth, families, pensioners, low income earn-
ers, the disabled, senior citizens, and migrants and their families ;
c. Take into account the specificities of the different types of disabilities, and institute actions and measures
to facilitate the disabled’s access tourism ;
d. Promote and implement gender equity in all tourism development and promotion forms ;
e. Comply with the regulations in force ;
f. Protect children from all forms of economic or sexual exploitation ;
g. Adopt approaches that aim at taking account of tourism businesses’social responsibility, and pro-
mote labels and awards ;
h. Ensure full transparency of business relations, and ban all forms of corruption or unethical prac-
tices ;
i. Ensure the good governance of the tourism sector, and establish representative systems, insti-
tutions, and processes to ensure that various tourism stakeholders are represented and involved
in the sector’s decision making ;
j. Ensure the protection of tourists and visitors and their belongings, and protect them from any
danger or risk.
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19. - Ensure an ongoing dialogue and a
systematic involvement of regional stakeholders
in all projects and activities that concern them;
- Institute control, monitoring, and
repression mechanisms against human rights
violations;
- Promote and enhance successful and
best experiences as regards respecting equity and
reducing inequalities through the development of
a sustainable tourism economy;
- Take the necessary measures against
any immoral, unethical practice.
- Condemn and denounce any immoral,
unethical practice;
- Comply with the principles of
transparency, ethics, and equity in their
investments;
- Takeintoaccounttherecommendations
of the various stakeholders in their actions.
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investors
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20. - Condemn and denounce any immoral,
unethical practice ;
- Promote the fair-treatment, the non-
discrimination, and equal opportunities for
workers;
- Prohibit, condemn, and denounce
child labour ;
- Ensure that employees have all of their
rights (especially as regards health services and
insurance) ;
- Promote professional diversity,
particularly the one based on disability ;
- Contribute to the redistribution of
profits by ensuring a reinvestment cycle that
guarantees permanent jobs ;
- Provide and perpetuate transparent
communication channels with the host
communities ;
- Raise tourists’ awareness of the
sustainable tourism principles, particularly those
related to equity and ethics.
- Condemn and denounce any immoral,
unethical practice ;
- Encourage local initiatives undertaken
in order to develop a binding economic practice
that empowers women.
-- Condemn and denounce any immoral,
unethical practice ;
- Join forces to adopt and promote a
participatoryapproach,andenhancetransparency
in the field of tourism development.
tourists
citizensprofessionals
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