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Impact of Tourism on the Natural and Cultural Environment
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Introduction to Sustainable Tourism
Overview of Tourism Sector in the EU Click per leggere
•Tourism is a key sector for the EU economy
•671 million International tourists visited Europe in 2017 – accounting for 50% of the share of worldwide tourism.
•The sector employed over 13m people in 2017
–Almost 8m in food and beverages
–2m in transport
–3.6m in accommodation, travel agencies, tour operators and air transport.
What is Sustainable Tourism Click per leggere
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) defines Sustainable Tourism as
“Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, industry, environment and host communities” (UNWTO)
•Essentially Sustainable Tourism is
–Identifying local resources, building on these in a sustainable way, ensuring surrounding environment, heritage and culture, local people and jobs are protected and not negatively impacted.
Why Practice Sustainable TourismClick per leggere
•Sustainable Development Goals
•Creates and Maintains Local Jobs
•Helps Grow Local Economies and Communities
•Reduces Costs in the Long term
•Helps the Environment
•Protects Natural Landscape
Protects Local Culture and Heritage
Qualifications
QualificationsClick per leggere
•After this Module you will gain:
–Better understanding of Sustainable Tourism
–The Benefits of Practicing Sustainable Tourism
–10 Principles of Sustainable Tourism that you can adapt.
–How to manage Waste and the benefits for doing this
–Why there should be better visitor number management
Decalogue/10 Principles
Decalogue/Principles of Sustainable TourismClick per leggere
