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LA HEROICA: YO VIAJO RESPONSABLE

La campaña LA HEROICA: YO VIAJO RESPONSABLE fomenta el impacto positivo que el Turista ejerce en el medioambiente, la cultura y la economía del lugar que se visita, a través de BUENAS PRACTICAS

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Tourism Driving Trade, Fostering Development and Connecting People

This brochure discusses the importance of tourism as a force for driving trade, fostering development and connecting people. The publication explores tourism’s economic and social benefits; it’s resilience as an industry; the opportunities it builds for succesful partnerships; the role of politics and its effects on the industry, and the necessity to close the aid […]

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Tourism in the Green Economy

Over the past years, and particularly since the start of the global economic crisis, a widespread consensus has emerged on the need to build a new economic paradigm. Multiple crises – in climate, biodiversity, fuel, food, water and the economy as a whole – have led to calls for a new development model: a “green […]

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EU Guidebook “Sustainable Tourism for Development”

Tourism is a major activity with characteristics that make it particularly valuable as an agent for development. Developing countries however face a particular fragility in their natural, economic, social and human environments which could jeopardize the sector’s dynamism and beneficiary qualities. With such a significant potential for development, the need for a sustainable approach to […]

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Highlights of the 1st UNWTO Conference on Accessible Tourism in Europe

UNWTO’s commitment to accessible tourism is guided by the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, a fundamental frame of reference for responsible and sustainable tourism development. Article 7 of the Code recognizes that “direct and personal access to the discovery and enjoyment of the planet’s resources constitutes a right equally open to all the world’s […]

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