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Presentatie Simon Pickup, ABTA, over de Global Guidance for Animals in Tourism tijdens de Groeneveld Conferentie die op 13 juni 2013 plaats vond.
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- 2. ABTA: Animal Welfare approach in overview Simon Pickup Sustainable Tourism Manager ABTA
- 3. In this session 1. About ABTA 2. Why we’re working on animal welfare 3. Animal welfare approach and outputs 4. Next steps 5. Questions
- 4. About ABTA • Confidence at the heart of travel • Largest travel association in the UK • 750 tour operators • 5000 travel agencies • Collective turnover = £30billion + / annually
- 5. Sustainability approach • Confidence that the industry is building a sustainable future Thriving Destinations Responsibility in a finite word Confident Customers ABTA Membership Supply Chain Supportive Destination Policy Development Areas
- 6. In practice MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMMES SUPPLY CHAIN DESTINATION PROGRAMMES DEVELOPMENT STC Travelife System Egypt Animal Welfare WG Cruise Overseas Agents Turkey Human Rights Communications Thailand Climate Change SMO Dominican Republic Volunteer Tourism Lobbying Retail Indicators Training
- 7. Business case: 1. Increasing in number / popular with consumers 2. Strong tour operator commitments to sustainability 3. Known history of issues 4. External scrutiny 5. Legal dimension against a global supply chain Why animal welfare?
- 8. Business case Animal attractions are very common in destinations Commercially - valuable relationships for tour operators UK consumers – very emotional link with animals From a sustainability standpoint – poor welfare is unacceptable SPANA 2012: 52% of consumers advised that seeing an animal being mistreated abroad would put them off visiting a destination again Complaints: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013* 1 1 5 5 22 29 29 51 35 10
- 9. The approach • Working Group on Animal Welfare issues in tourism • Industry strategy: 1. Understand the scope of our impact 2. Raise awareness of best practice with suppliers, governments and customers 3. Assess and improve performance 4. Reviewing and reporting on our actions 5. Setting targets for improvements 6. Influencing and encouraging government policy
- 10. • Starting point – what is out there already? • What’s needed? • How does the supply chain currently perform? • What could progress look like? • How do we reach the supply chain? Raising awareness:
- 11. OUTPUT: 7 GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS • Global welfare guidance for animals in tourism • 5 best practice handbooks: – Captive animal attractions – Elephants in captive environments – Dolphins in captive environments – Working animals (horses, donkeys, camels) – Wildlife viewing - Unacceptable and Discouraged Practices - E.g Bear Bile Farms, Photographic Props
- 13. Key headlines: • 3 sets of minimum requirements A. For all instances involving animals in tourism (10 requirements) B. For suppliers with captive whales and dolphins (9 requirements) C. For suppliers with working animals (4 requirements)
- 14. Unacceptable practices • These activities divide into three categories and are listed below: 1. Unacceptable practices involving animals in captive attractions. 2. Unacceptable practices involving animals in cultural events and activities. 3. Unacceptable practices involving free-roaming animals in the wild. Unacceptable Practices
- 16. Next steps • Release date: 18th June in Brussels • Members developing auditing and inspection processes in line with business practices • Tracking progress and performance improvements within the supply chain • Pilot process over Summer 2013
- 17. QUESTIONS
- 18. Thank you