Page 17 - sustainable tourism-- Dr.Aya

The year 1992 was a crucial year for

sustainability. The hospitality industry

launched its International Hotel Environment

Initiative (IHEI), designed to reduce the

impact of staying visitors on the environment.

Also, the same year the UK-based pressure

group Tourism Concern set out its own

guidelines and begun actively to lobby the

private sector to take more account of the need

for sustainable planning.

Tourism Concern guidelines:

1. Using resources sustainably;

2. Reducing overconsumption and waste;

3. Maintaining diversity;

4. Integrating tourism into planning;

5. Supporting local economies;

6. Involving local economies;

7. Consulting stakeholders and the public;

8. Training staff;

9. Marketing tourism responsibly;

10. Undertaking research.

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