Sustainable Tourism

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." (United Nations World Tourism Organization)

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The World Tourism Organization’s defines sustainable tourism as:

Tourism which makes optimal use of environmental resources that constituting a key element in tourism development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to conserve natural heritage and biodiversity, as well as respects the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, conserve their built and living cultural heritage and traditional values, and contribute to inter-cultural understanding and tolerance.

Ensure viable, long-term economic operations, providing socio-economic benefits to all stakeholders that are fairly distributed, including stable employment and income-earning opportunities and social services to host communities, and contributing to poverty alleviation.

Source(s): http://www.unep.fr/shared/publications/pdf/DTIx0592xPA-TourismPolicyEN.pdf