Sustainable Tourism

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The key takeaways are that sustainable tourism aims to meet present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It focuses on balancing environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development and management.

The principles and values of sustainable tourism discussed include environmental protection, optimal use of resources, socio-cultural respect, quality growth, gender equality, participation and more as discussed on pages 8-12.

Some of the challenges mentioned around achieving sustainable tourism include mapping tourism needs to sustainability principles and values, reorienting processes to contribute towards sustainability in tourism and ensuring all stakeholders are willing to work with sustainable tourism models as discussed on page 15.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
ENDOGENOUS TOURISM PROJECT
– RURAL TOURISM
DELHI, 6-7 JUNE 2006
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ENVIRONMENT

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ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE

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ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE

TOURISM

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ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE

SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM

TOURISM

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WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM?
PEOPLE

ENVIRONMENT

'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs'
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM?
PEOPLE

POLITICAL

CULTURAL
RAL SOCIAL

ECONOMIC ECOLOGICAL

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ENVIRONMENT
PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

DECENTRALISATION

PUBLIC DEMOCRATISATION
ACCOUNTABILITY

E
N
V
P
I
E
R EMPOWERMENT
EQUITY & O
O JUSTICE POLITICAL
P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T PARTICIPATION
BENEFIT & DECISION-
SHARING MAKING

LOCAL
OWNERSHIP

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PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

REVIVE GROWTH

CHANGE QUALITY BASIC NEEDS


OF GROWTH

E
N
V
P
I
E
R SMALL & EMPOWERMENT
O
O MEDIUM ECONOMIC
ENTERPRISES P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T GENDER
INTEGRATION EQUALITY

RESPONSIBLE
ACTION –
TOURISTS &
INDUSTRY 9
PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

CONSERVE &
ENHANCE
ACCESS TO
RESOURCES
COMMON
OPTIMAL USE OF PROPERTY
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RESOURCES
E
N
V
P
I
E
R MANAGEMENT
O
O RESPECT ENVIRONMENTAL OF POLLUTION,
SOLID WASTE P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T WITHIN
PROTECTION CAPACITY LIMITS

RESPONSIBLE
ACTION –
TOURISTS &
INDUSTRY 10
PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

LEARNING WITHIN
EXPERIENCE CAPACITY LIMITS

E
N
V
P
I
E
R
RESPECT EMPOWERMENT O
O SOCIAL
P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T

RESPONSIBLE
PROTECTION ACTION –
TOURISTS &
INDUSTRY

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PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

LEARNING REVIVAL
EXPERIENCE

E
N
V
P
I
E
R
RESPECT EMPOWERMENT O
O CULTURAL
P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T

RESPONSIBLE
PROTECTION ACTION –
TOURISTS &
INDUSTRY

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REORIENTING PROCESSES TO CONTRIBUTE
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLILITY IN TOURISM

PLANNING &
POLICY
RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION

MONITORING & DEMOCRATISATION


DISSEMINATION PROCESS
OF INFORMATION

CODES, REGULATORY
CHARTERS, FRAMEWORKS
GUIDELINES
STRENGTHENING
OF ALL LOCAL
SELF-GOVERNING
INSTITUTIONS 13
TOURISM NEEDS …

ACCOMMODATION TRANSPORTATION

E
N
V
P
I
E
R
INFRASTRUCTURE
ATTRACTION O
O TOURISM NEEDS
P
N
L
M
E
E
N
T

MARKETING / AMENITIES
PROMOTION

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CHALLENGES AHEAD …

• How do we map tourism needs to


principles and values of sustainability?
• How do we reorient processes to achieve
sustainability in tourism?
• Are all stakeholders willing to work with
models of sustainable tourism?

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THANK YOU

ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE

SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM

TOURISM

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