Sustainable Tourism

Tourism is one of the largest and steadily growing economic sectors world-wide, as well as being a sector in which developing nations have a considerable stake. For this reason alone, tourism is a relevant factor in terms of development policies. Tourism does hold the potential to assist in the implementation of conservation and development objectives, for example by creating economic benefits for local communities and the national economies and by furthering the acceptance of nature conservation and environmental protection.

Taking tourism as a sustainable development option, it must be planned and managed so that its socio-economic benefits are spread as widely as possible. In order to plan for tourism development that meets present and future expectations of tourists and accomplishes sustainability of the tourism sector, local authorities must understand global tourism trends and be able to design local strategies.

Whether you are a local or regional administrator or manager, a decision maker in matters of tourism and nature, a member of an NGO or from a private sector association, the practical guide "Sustainable Tourism as A Development Option - Practical Guide for Local Planners, Developers and Decision Makers" (download, pdf-file, 607 kb, 64 S.) will help you to:

• Understand how tourism functions

• Assess necessary framework conditions

• Evaluate the feasibility of sustainable tourism by means of a rapid appraisal technique

• Design a strategy for tourism development

• Find indicators for monitoring and evaluation

You will find more tourism-related sources of information here.

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