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First definition of Sustainable Development:
"Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs' -
Highlights the role of tourism in
decentralizing urban development and reducing
discrepancies among regions, as well as the role of
ecotourism as a tool to promote economic growth
and contribute to the protection ecosystems and
biodiversity. -
"'The use of services and
related products, which respond to basic needs
and bring a better quality of life while minimizing
the use of natural resources and toxic materials as
well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over
the life cycle of the service or product so as not to
jeopardize the needs of further generations'. -
The charter for sustainable tourism is the final document produced by the World Conference on Sustainable Tourism held in Lanzarote (CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN) in April 1995. It is reference in the definition of priorities objectives and means necessary to promote future tourism
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Importance of safeguarding the natural
environment and prioritizing a form of tourism that
aims at saving resources. -
Call for the development of the 10YFP
The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation:
Encourages the promotion of sustainable tourism
development. -
Consideration of the
general concept of sustainable develpment, the special position
of tourism and : The agreements reached in internatoional
forums help to define an agenda for more sustainable tourism
based on: the ability of tourism to continue to be an activity in
the future, the ability of society and the environment to have
sustainable impacts of turism. Based on this, the agenda of
twelve objectives relate to the economic, social and envirmental
impacts. -
Adoption of the 10YFP
The Future We Want: Emphasizes on the role of
sustainable tourism as driver for change as well as
the importance for better well-informed decision
making. -
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns.
Target 12.b.: Develop and implement tools to
monitor sustainable development impacts for
sustainable tourism that creates jobs and
promotes local cultures and products -
UNWTO Declaration on Tourism and the Affirms the need to develop national andlocal integrated to tourism policy to leverage the sector's positive impact on people. particularly. UNWTO Montego Bay Declaration on Jobs: Insists the need to prioritize inclusive and green growth in tourism and foster investment in infrastructure and technology to decouple economic growth from resources use. One Planet - Sustainable Tourism Kasane Call to Action: Aims to accelerating SCP in the tourism
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is one of the six programmés o tic
One Planèt notivo i, le Gperatis as e
multi stakeholder, partnership that
promotes networking and initiatives
focused on decoup ing tourism's
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Sustainable Development Goals
12, 13, 14 and 15 -
this builds on the UWTO Global Guidelines to
Restart Tourism relased by the Global Tourism Crisis
Commitee on 28 May 2020 with the objective to support
tourism to emerge stronger and more sustainable from
the COVID 19 crisis, A recovery wich is founded on
sustinability, to build back better and wich therefore can
underpin the resilience of the tourism sector.