|
Tourism
In this section you will find information and relevant documents relating
to tourism.
Meetings & Events
Listed are upcoming international and regional meetings & events where
the respective issues will be discussed.
Commission on Sustainable Development 7th Session, 1999
New York, 19 - 30 April, 1999
UN Documents
UN Documents on Tourism and Sustainable Development are assembled at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/tourism/tour2.htm#doc
(pdf format)
Report of the Ad-Hoc
Intersessional Working Group of the Commission on Sustainable Development, on Tourism
(in pdf format) (February 1999)
NGO Documents
CSD 1999: Tourism / Consumption & Production / Oceans & Seas /
SIDS
Coverage of the CSD from an NGO perspective is provided on the CSD NGO
Steering Committee web-site.
You find NGO Background Papers, Statements and Suggested Amendments at http:/www.igc.org/csdngo/csd-7/tourism.htm,
for example:
 | NGO Comments on the Elements
for a Draft Decision, suggested amendments to the official text |
 | NGO Position Paper, prepared
by the Steering Committee's Tourism Caucus at the Intersessional Working Group meeting of
the CSD, Feb. 23 1999, to be circulated to government delegations. |
 | Global Code of Ethics for
Tourism, as submitted by ECTWT, TEN and EQUATIONS, to the World Tourism Organisation
in 1998. |
 | "Gender & Tourism: Women's
Employment and Participation in Tourism" (UNED-UK's Project Report Summary, on
this web-site)
|
 | Suggested Amendments to the
'Elements of a Draft Decision' from CSD Intersessional, by UNED-UK
|
 | Position Paper of the International Friends of Nature on
the role of tourism in the context of sustainable development.
|
 | Differentiating
between Tourism and "Sustainable Tourism", article by Meenakshi Varandani.
|
 | Position Paper of the German NGO
Forum on Environment & Development on the environmental and social responsibility
of tourism in the context of sustainable development. Spanish version. |
 | Dialogue Themes Paper,
submitted to the CSD Bureau, July 1998. |
 | Towards Earth Summit II, 1997 -
Tourism text. |
 | 23 February, 1999:
Statement from NGO Tourism Caucus, Patricia Barnett, Tourism Concern, U.K. |
 | 25 February, 1999:
Statement from NGO Tourism Caucus and Trade Unions
|
Tourism Dialogue Segment 'Background Papers':
 | Industry Initiatives for
Sustainable Tourism (19 April, afternoon session) |
 | Influencing Consumer
Behaviour to Promote Sustainable Tourism (20 April, morning session) |
 | Promoting Broad-Based
Sustainable Development through Tourism while Safeguarding the Integrity of Local
Cultures and Protecting the Environment (20 April, afternoon session) |
 | Coastal Impact of Tourism
(21 April, morning session)
|
Other Major Groups Documents
Background Papers for the Tourism Dialogue Sessions at CSD 1999, from
Industry, Trade Unions, Local Authorities, and NGOs at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/tourism/tour2.htm#doc
Other Major Groups, who have submitted Tourism Dialogue Segment Background Papers are
 | Industry (co-ordinated by
the World Travel & Tourism Council and the International Hotel & Restaurant
Association, WTTC and IH&RA) |
 | Trade Unions
(co-ordinated by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, ICFTU) |
 | Local Authorities
(co-ordinated by the International Council of Local Environment Initiatives, ICLEI) |
Further Information
The World Tourism Organisation, WTO / OMT / BTO, at http://www.world-tourism.org/
European Commission DG XXIII: Tourism Directorate Homepage
ECoNETT,
comprehensive coverage of sustainable tourism initiatives, contacts,
links; over 1200 files on ECoNETT, incl. large database on Codes of Practice in Tourism.
CSD NGO Steering Committee at http:/www.igc.org/csdngo/csd-7/tourism.htm
CSD NGO List Server on Tourism at http://www.eGroups.com/list/tourism-csd
CSD NGO Issue Caucus on Tourism at http://www.igc.org/csdngo/steer/caucuses/c-to.htm
The World Travel & Tourism Council, an important Industry Association, at http://www.wttc.org/
Agenda
21 for the Travel & Tourism Industry 1st Progress Report, by the World Travel and
Tourism Council / The Earth Council / the World Tourism Organisation
International Hotel and Restaurant Association, an important IH&RA, at http://www.ih-ra.com/
The International Hotel Environment Initiative (IHEI) at http://www.ihei.org,
a charity programme developed by the
international hotel industry for the benefit of all hotels and the environment; promotes
the benefits of environmental management as an integral part of running a successful,
efficient hotel business.
Green Globe, an world-wide environmental
management and awareness programme for the Travel and Tourism industry, at http://www.greenglobe.org
|