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A brochure Visit a Better Place to Live! explaining
the concept of sustainable tourism and presenting some real
life examples was developed by CEEweb Sustainable Tourism
Working Group. Download the brochure in English,
Romanian,
Serbian,
Ukrainian
or Polish
(PDF, approx. 700 KB each).
The database on tourism impacts includes thoeretical remarks and case studies that illustrate economical, environmental and cultural impacts of tourism. In addition, it contains information on such areas where tourism development can create opportunities for sustainable development. The case studies are from Central and Eastern European countries.
In the framework of the EU CADSES co-financed Carpathian
Project CEEweb, ETE and ad hoc CEEweb Carpathian Tourism Working
Group developed a Background
Document on Sustainable Tourism Opportunities in the Carpathians
(PDF, 2 MB).
On 7-8 June 2006, near Babia Gora in Poland, the STWG had
a training on tourism product development. The
handouts are available for download>>
On 2-4 April 2006 in Osijek, Croatia, the STWG had a training
on tourism potential assessment and SWOT analysis as a tool
for that. The handouts
are available for download>>
On 13 November 2005 in Serbia the chair of the Working Group,
Michael Meyer of ETE held a training on sustainable tourism
in the framwework of CEEweb Academy. The
handouts are available for download>>
Jan Rohac, Michael Meyer. Introduction
to Sustainable Tourism. E.T.E., Amber Trail, Federal Ministry
for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU),
2005. 32 pages, (PDF, 3,2 MB).
- IUCN Parks Magazine
Volume
12 No 1: Tourism and Protected Areas, Tourism in park
management strategies
Volume
16 No 2: The visitor experience challenge, Tourists
and protected area stewardship.
- UNEP/ICLEI (ed.) (2003); Tourism and Local Agenda 21 -
The Role of Local Authorities in Sustainable Tourism
This Study looks at how tourism has been taken into account
in local Agendas 21, as drawn up and implemented by local
authorities, it highlights lessons learned, and compares various
situations ranging from developing to established municipalities
and regions.
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UNEP/WTO (ed.) (2005); Making Tourism More Sustainable:
A Guide for Policy Makers
This Guide presents a comprehensive set of instruments
for governments, ranging from planning regulations to
economic instruments and the application of certification
and indicators, and it sets out 12 aims for sustainable
tourism and their implications for policy, and describes
the collaborative structures and strategies that are needed
at a national and local level.
- UNEP/Regione Toscana (2005); Marketing
sustainable tourism products
This publication is about understanding the barriers that
prevent demand and supply for sustainable tourism services
from meeting, the main challenges for the promotion and
distribution of services that claim to be 'sustainable',
and the role that 'tourism distribution channels' could
play in strengthening the demand/supply link for sustainable
tourism products.
- UNEP (2005); Integrating
Sustainability into Business - an implementation Guide for
Responsible Tourism Coordinators
This guide is designed to help the individual in charge
for promoting responsible tourism within a company to determine
both what needs to be changed and how to facilitate those
changes.
- UNEP (2005); Integrating
Sustainability into Business - Management Guide for Responsible
Tour Operations
This guide is designed to provide an overview of best practices
in the business areas of a tour operator, including product
development and management, supply chain and internal management,
customer relations, and external cooperation.
- UNEP Costas Christ, Oliver Hillel, Seleni Matus, Jamie
Sweeting; Tourism
and biodiversity - Mapping Tourism's Global Footprint
"Tourism and Biodiversity: Mapping Tourism's Global
Footprint" is a two-year research project that was
conducted in partnership with the United Nations Environment
Programme. By linking tourism with biodiversity conservation
and the well-being of local communities and understanding
how and where they overlap, we can develop strategies that
both conserve Earth's most endangered ecosystems and make
a significant contribution to alleviating poverty at the
same time.
- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), WTO (World
Tourism Organization) and IUCN (The World Conservation Union);
Paul F. J. Eagles, Stephen F. McCool and Christopher D.
Haynes; Sustainable
Tourism in Protected Areas: Guidelines for Planning and
Management
These guidelines aim to build an understanding of protected
area tourism, and its management. They provide a theoretical
structure, but are also intended to help managers in practical
ways. The underlying aim is to ensure that tourism contributes
to the purposes of protected areas and does not undermine
them.
- UNESCO
Education for Sustainable Development
The goal of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (2005-2014, DESD), for which UNESCO is the lead
agency, is to integrate the principles, values, and practices
of sustainable development into all aspects of education
and learning.
- World Tourism
Organization
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT) is a specialized
agency of the United Nations and the leading international
organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a global
forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of
tourism know-how.
- WTTC/IFTO/IH&RA/ICCL/UNEP (2002); Industry
as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Tourism
UNEP, in partnership with various industry organisations,
has launched a reporting initiative to gauge progress by
the private sector towards sustainable development. This
effort will contribute to the wider review of progress with
the implementation of Agenda 21, under the framework of
the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
- Australian Government, Department of the Environment and
Heritage; Steps
to sustainable Tourism
Planning a sustainable future for tourism, heritage and
the environment a tool to use when managing and developing
regions, places and tourism products
- Environment department at the London School of Economics,
explores the concept and practice of sustainable tourism.
- European
Travel Commission
A non-profit organisation with headquarters in Brussels and
38 National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) of Europe, whose
role is to market and promote tourism to Europe in general,
and to their individual countries in particular.
- National
Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations
Part of the Research, Conservation, and Exploration division
of National Geographic Mission Programs, the Center for
Sustainable Destinations (CSD) is dedicated to protecting
all the world's distinctive places through wisely managed
tourism and enlightened destination stewardship.
- DestiNet
- Sustainable Tourism Information Portal
- CESD (Center for Ecotourism and Sustainable Development)
- Amos Bien; A
simple user's guide to certification for sustainable
tourism and ecotourism
A guide to certification for those who have heard about
certifying sustainable tourism and ecotourism and want
to understand how it works or how to begin the process.
- Aimee Russillo, Martha Honey and Abigail Rome; Practical
steps for funding certification of tourism businesses
Handbook to provide tourism businesses seeking certification,
particularly small businesses, an overview of funding
mechanisms and possible sources to help underwrite the
costs of undertaking sustainable tourism certification.
- Zoë Chafe; Consumer
Demand and Operator Support for Socially and Environmentally
Responsible Tourism
"Despite recent setbacks to the international tourism
industry, including economic recession, disease outbreaks,
terrorist attacks, and the war on terrorism, both consumers
and travel companies show strong support for responsible
tourism. Through a survey of recent studies of tourists
and tour operators in the US, Europe, Costa Rica, and
Australia, this report shows that consumers are willing
to pay more for ethical practices, contribute to community
projects, and support tourism certification programs.
It discusses responsible tourism challenges, such as
confusions from competing eco-labels; and conundrums,
including tourists' professed interest in using hotels
that protect the environment, yet lack of inquiry about
hotel policies. A four page summary of this report is
also available." (Abstract)
- Epler Wood International - Epler Wood Report; Stepping
Up: Creating a Sustainable Tourism Enterprise Strategy that
Delivers in the Developing World
The central thesis of this paper is that the only way to
genuinely address poverty and successfully conserve more
landscapes on a grander scale is to generate new wealth
in rural areas where the poor reside, while at the same
time working to limit wherever possible the environmental
impacts of this wealth creation.
- FRAME
- knowledge sharing for the natural resource community with
a list of links to various related articles
- Conservation International; Eileen Gutierrez, Kristin
Lamoureux, Seleni Matus, and Kaddu Sebunya; Linking
Communities, Tourism & Conservation - A Tourism Assessment
Process
Publication designed by Conservation International (CI)
and The George Washington University (GW) for field practitioners
to perform a rapid assessment and analysis of tourism potential
in a destination. The research-based guidelines and tools
reflect accepted criteria and principles of sustainable
and ecotourism development.
- Journal
of sustainable tourism
Theoretical, conceptual and empirical research that explores
one or more of the economic, social, cultural, political,
organisational or environmental aspects of the subject.
Overview of contents by issues, full texts provided.
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