SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
the sustainable travel educational network
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM
AND HOSPITALITY
- It is achieving quality growth in a
manner that does not deplete the
natural and built environments.
- Preserve the culture, history, and
heritage of the local community.
Key to sustainable management:
It is to balance the number of visitors with
the capacity of the given environment that
allows the greatest interaction and
enjoyment with the least destruction.
Major concern: Carrying capacity
It is the largest number of people a
destination can efficiently manage within its
given environment and management
capabilities.
The environment and economy are harmed
when too many people gather in an area
that cannot be handled.
An effective solution is managing
sustainable tourism and hospitality that
depends on sound policies.
MANAGING
 UNWTO has established many
guidelines and directions for
including sustainable tourism in the
country's tourism program.
• Some international and private sector
organizations such as the world travel and
tourism council and business enterprises to
(BEST-EN) have devices and effective
strategies for sustainable tourism and
hospitality education and development.
• Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GETC) is
a comprehensive set of principles
formulated to direct stakeholders in tourism
and Hospitality development.
• Intended for governments, the travel
industry, communities, and tourists alike, it
arrives to help maximize the benefits of the
sector while minimizing its potentially
negative impact on the environment,
cultural heritage, and societies worldwide.
• The General Assembly of the United
Nations World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO), its recognition by the United
Nations two years later expressly motivated
UNWTO to promote the active pursuance of
its provisions.
THE CODE'S 10 PRINCIPLES COMPRISE THE
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF
TRAVEL AND TOURISM:
Article 1: Tourism's Contribution to mutual
understanding and Respect between People
and Societies.
Article 2: Tourism as a Vehicle for Individual
and collective fulfillment.
Article 3: Tourism, a Factor of sustainable
development.
Article 4: Tourism, a user of the cultural
heritage of mankind and contributor to its
enhancement.
Article 5: Tourism, is a beneficial activity for
host countries and communities.
Article 6: Obligations of stakeholders in
Tourism development.
Article 7: Right to Tourism.
Article 8: Liberty of Tourism movements.
Article 9: Rights of the Workers and
Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry.
Article 10: Implementation of the principles
of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 Known as the Global Goals
 Are a universal call to action to end
poverty
 To protect the planet
 And assure that all people enjoy
peace and prosperity
These 17 interconnected and
interdependent goals constitute the
Millennium Development Goals. It also
includes new areas such as:
• Climate change
• Economic inequality
• Innovation
• Sustainable consumption
• Peace and justice among other priorities
UNDP Roles
Accounting for 7% of worldwide exports,
one in 11 jobs, and 10% of the world's GDP,
the tourism sector, if well managed, can
stimulate economic growth, social
inclusiveness, and the protection of cultural
and natural resources.
The International year enhances tourism's
role in the following five key areas:
1. Inclusive and sustainable economic
growth;
2. Social inclusiveness, employment, and
poverty reduction
3. Resource efficiency, environmental
protection, and climate change;
4. Cultural values, diversity, and heritage;
and
5. Mutual understanding, peace, and
security.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
FRAMEWORK
A policy framework is a document that sets
out a set of procedures or goals, which
might be used in negotiation or decision-
making to guide a more detailed set of
policies or to guide the ongoing
maintenance of an organization's policies.
Conservation International and National
Geographic Traveler magazine created
2002 the World Legacy Awards to recognize
outstanding businesses, organizations, and
places that have contributed very much in
promoting the principles of sustainable higher quality of life to the local
tourism. population.

The National Geographic Traveler The key to sustainable tourism and

published March 2004 issue, criteria to
measure the extent to which worldwide
tourism destinations follow the best
practices in sustainable tourism and
hospitality development.
1. Environment and ecological quality
2. Social and cultural integrity;
3. Condition of any historic building and
archeological site;
4. Aesthetic appeal;
5. Quality of tourism and hospitality
management; and
6. Overall outlook for the future.
The National Geographic Traveler
published a special study on sustainable
tourism practices in the National Parks of
Canada and the United States.
BENEFITS
The economic benefits of successful
sustainable tourism and hospitality
management include developing new
businesses, expanding job opportunities,
increasing income, marketing new
products, improving infrastructure,
encouraging diversification, integrating
the local economy and special
opportunities with other services and
products, promoting community pride, and
hospitality is to manage the destination
effectively to provide benefits to the local
population, to enrich the visit of the
tourist, and to preserve the tourism and
hospitality products for future generations
to enjoy.
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CARRYING CAPACITY
As such, carrying capacity in a recreational
context refers to the amount and type of
use that can be accommodated in a
particular area over time, while sustaining
desired biophysical resource conditions and
opportunities for high-quality visitor
experiences at given levels of management
input.
Examples of Specific Management Options
to Reduce Visitor Impacts
Seasonal or temporal limits
limiting visiting times; restricting car
parking, accommodation facilities, or public
transport; ensuring visits occurs at
appropriate times of day (which may vary
diurnally and seasonally)
Regulating group size
particularly for specialist activities; requiring
pre-registration (visits only by prior
arrangement); providing guided tours that
allow for more control and maximize
enjoyment.
 ▶ involves local people in decisions that
affect their lives and life changes;

▶ makes positive contributions to the

Restricting visitor behavior
e.g., ensuring that visitors stay on specified
routes and do not trample vegetation or
disturb animals, and that noise and the use
of light at night (e.g., during visits to turtle
nesting beaches) are minimized. (ex. Tarsier
at Bohol)
What is Responsible Tourism?
conservation of natural and cultural
heritage, to the maintenance of the world’s
diversity;
▶ provides more enjoyable experiences for
tourists through more meaningful
connections with local people, and a greater
understanding of local cultural, social, and
environmental issues;

▶ Responsible Tourism was defined in Cape ▶ provide access for people with disabilities
Town in 2002 alongside the World Summit and the disadvantaged;
on Sustainable Development. This
▶ is culturally sensitive, engenders respect
definition, the Cape Town Declaration is
between tourists and hosts, and builds local
now widely accepted and was been
pride and confidence.
adopted by the World Travel Market in 2007
for World Responsible Tourism Day. ▶ Behavior can be more or less responsible
and what is responsible in a particular place
▶ Responsible Tourism is about “making
depends upon the environment and culture.
better places for people to live in and better
places for people to visit.” Responsible
Tourism requires that operators, hoteliers,
governments, local people, and tourists take
responsibility, and take action to make
tourism more sustainable.

“Responsible tourism is tourism which:

▶minimizes negative economic,

environmental, and social impacts;

▶ generates greater economic benefits for

local people and enhances the well-being of
the host communities improves working
conditions and access to the industry;