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‘A Practical Guide to Sustainable Tourism Development’Development’
‘The Nord-Gudbrandsdalen perspective – May 20th 2010’
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Adventures and Activities
Sustainable tourism development is about changing behaviour on three levels
1. Sustainable Destinations
2. Sustainable Tourism Enterprises2. Sustainable Tourism Enterprises
3. Responsible Tourists
The conduits for change
The practical approach to sustainable enterprise development
Sustainable tourism development embraces the triple bottom line of environmental protection, social responsibility, and economic health. It is
therefore, essential to address your business’ environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts as apart of your commitment to sustainable
tourism.
Step 1 – Determine your business’ commitment to the triple bottom line and your capacity for change – incorporate , corporate/SME mission
Step 2 – Determine your positive and negative impacts and
The first 5 steps ‘towards’ sustainable tourism development are;
Step 2 – Determine your positive and negative impacts and prioritize efforts to the most significant impacts – simple steps first
Step 3 – Develop a sustainability policy and appoint a companyrepresentative – sustainability manager – pass on knowledge
Step 4 – Continually measure and manage your impacts and celebrate successes achieved through ‘best practice’
Step 5 – Review and update the sustainability policy, it should be a living document – something that will evolve with the business
INTERPRETATION – CODES OF CONDUCT - SIGNIFICANT GUIDE TRAINING
Sustainable travel ‘Codes of Conduct’Use locally owned infrastructure for accommodation and transport where possible
Spread the financial benefits amongst local people and operators
Provide employment and leadership opportunities for local people
Respect local customs and culture
Provide safe trips for your staff and travellers
Educate travellers and operators about how and why you choose to travel in this way
Limit the negative impacts to the daily lifestyles of local people not involved with the tour
Limit the physical impact of trips in all destination communities-particularly sensitive natural and cultural environments
Provide support to organisations and local communities visited by ALL groupsProvide support to organisations and local communities visited by ALL groups
Provide opportunities for travellers to interact with locals
Actively ban leader and passenger participation in or endorsement of commercial sexual activities or illegal domestic
Actively discourage the participation of tour groups in activities which exploit animals – wild or domestic
Use local operators that adhere to these guidelines and provide the best possible service
Work to prevent the exploitation of children in tourism
Support and encourage fair employment practices
Give the best value for the customers
Best Practice Guidelines
www.thecode.org
Tread lightlywww.treadlightly.orgLeave no trace
www.lnt.org
The ‘3 point’ Sustainability Triangle
ADVICE
How to
www.greenyour.comInnovation Norway
www.re-plan.no
www.vestforsk.no
ISO 14001/14064www.iso.org
Green Globe 21 www.greenglobe.com
Sustainable Travel –www.sustainabletravel.com
http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/baerekraftigreiselivGreen living guide
Tourism Consultants
Sustainable tourism research institute -
Workshops and seminars hosted by associations and regions
Best PracticeGreen Pioneers
Ecotourism Norwaywww.ecotourismnorway.org Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria
Industry Indicators
UNEPwww.climateneutral.unep.org
Revaluate, Educate, Advise and Market
Government Policy and Legislation
Quality assurance internationalSustainability Policy
Best Practices
Travel life ‘sustainability in tourismwww.travellife.eu
The European eco-labelwww.ecolabel-tourism.eu
TOOLSSTANDARDS
How to improve your sustainability capacity?
www.ecotourismnorway.org Global Sustainable Tourism Criteriawww.sustainabletourismcriteria.org
The Norwegian Board of Technologywww.teknologiradet.no
Carbon Calculatorswww.carbon2go.orgwww.carbonresponsible.com
Energy Efficiency and Tools for Sustainabilitywww.environmental-expert.comwww.eurima.org
Carbon footprint tools developed in Norway
Norwegian Hospitality Associationwww.nhoreiseliv.no Nordic Swan
www.svanen.nu
Air Quality www.controllingpollution.com/no/
Quality Standards www.theaa.com
Tourism Certification & Quality Standards
Carbon Offsetting & Awards
Market
Indicators & Benchmarking
www.greenhotels.com
European networks for sustainable tourismwww.ecotrans.org
European monitor and benchmarking initiativewww.tourbench.info
Federation of tour operatorswww.fto.co.uk
Sustainable Tourism
Stewardship Council
INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE BASED ‘CASE STUDIES’
Adventures and Activities
International Adventure based ‘Case Studies’
Social Web Based Initiatives & EU legislation
• Tour operators initiative - www.toinitiative.org• Federation of tour operators – www.fto.co.uk• The adventure travel and trade association – www.adventuretravel.biz• Green your life ‘your guide to green living’ – www.greenyour.com• Tread lightly – www.treadlightly.org• Leave no trace – www.lnt.org• Travel Mole – www.travelmole.com
International Case Studies
• Conservation Corporation Africa, Africa – www.ccafrica.com• Wild Horizons, Zimbabwe – www.wildhorizons.co.za• G.A.P Adventures, Canada – www.gapadventures.com• Intrepid Travel – www.intrepidtravel.com
International Case Studies
Committed to providing world-class experiences for discerning travellers, Conservation Corporation is Africa's leading responsible luxury adventure tourism company.
With over 23 lodges through out Africa and expansions in to India and South America planned for 2010.planned for 2010.Conservation Corporation Africa has;• at Phinda Wildlife Reserve, a groundbreaking land claim agreement restored 9 000 acres (22 200 hectares) of land to ancestral owners• Staff and Guides receive ‘in house’ training of the highest levels• Affiliated with the majority of Africa’s wild life conservation societies• Implemented Sustainability policy at all levels• Environmental Management programmes for all lodges and activities
Wild horizons has developed a strong reputation within the Victoria Falls region as being a conservation minded adventure specialist.
• Have assisted some of the larger national parks with repairing and maintaining the numerous water holes and pumpsnumerous water holes and pumps• Provide exceptional guided services for all of their products• Reclaimed and managed a wildlife sanctuary and animal orphanage• Provide education to local children on conservation efforts and the plight of the African Elephant• Assisted in providing the local municipality with a life line through tough political hardships• Set up a wild life trust for the communities flora and fauna that resides within Victoria Falls
G.A.P Adventures
• Employ’s local guides, suppliers and operators in the destinations we travel.
• Provides economic benefit and leadershipopportunities for people involved in community-based tourism.
• Maintains small-group sizes to limit negative social and environmental impacts.
• Training and employment opportunities are provided to local cooks and porters and they ensure fair payment.
• They support the local economy by visiting local restaurants and markets.
• No use of suppliers that support exploitative practices.
• Instead of staying in large foreign-owned resorts or hotel chains, we support the local economy by staying in small-scale hotels where possible, otherwise, the best feasible option is employed.
For travellers with a yearning to get off the beaten track, Intrepid opens up a whole new world. With a huge variety of travel styles available, Intrepid travellers explore some of the world's most amazing places and discover real people, real cultures and have incredible real life experiences along the way.
Environmental responsibility• Work towards protecting the environment both locally • Work towards protecting the environment both locally and globally• Design trips that limit the physical impacts on our planet and the places visited
Social responsibility• Protect human rights within their sphere of operations and ensure all stakeholders are treated with fairness and respect• Work with stakeholders to remove barriers to responsible practice
Economic responsibility• Ensure the distribution of wealth while ensuring the continued growth of Intrepid and their associated companies
ITS GOOD TO BE GREEN!Adventures and Activities
A Conscience Decision
Companies that adopt sustainable development as a core principle are strategically positioning themselves to achieve lasting competitive advantage or ‘future proofing’ by:
STAYING AHEAD OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, BROADER SOCIETAL CHANGES AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS
CAPITALIZING ON AN INCREASING NUMBER OF MARKET BASED MECHANISMS, SUCH AS CAP AND TRADE SCHEMES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
FORSEEING AND AVOIDING MAJOR THREATS AND ADAPTING TO MAJOR SOCIETAL CHANGE
IMPROVED PROFITABILITY THROUGH RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
ATTRACTION OF NEW INNOVATIVE PROFESSSIONALS IN THE MARKET FOR COMPANY GROWTH
CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL ASSETS
INCREASED MARKET STRENGTH AND ENSURED FUTURE PROOFING OF THE BUSINESS
Community, Private, Public, Partnerships
A mutually reinforcing process to achieve lasting competitive advantage through lowering cost and differentiating products and services while delivering genuinely sustainable progress
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WHO DO I CHOOSE TO COMPETE WITH IN NORWAY AND EUROPE?
WHO DO I CHOOSE NOT TO COMPETE WITH IN NORWAY AND EUROPE?
Sustainability makes sense
STREAMLINED PROCESSES BY THEIR VERY NATURE CONSUME LESS TIME, RESOURCES AND MONEY, CREATING INSTANT SAVINGS WITH A TANGIBLE EFFECT ON THE BOTTOM LINE
THE SUSTAINABLE PATH IS A SMART WAY TO SAVE MONEY AND INCREASE THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS
THINK BEYOND JUST RECYCLING AND SAVING ELECTRICITY:
TAKING STEPS TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT SAVES MONEY AND ALSO HELPS FUTURE-PROOF YOUR BUSINESS
THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS
THERE IS A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO INNOVATE AND ULTIMATELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREEN MOVEMENT
Does green pay?
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT IN THE HOLIDAY CHOICES OF CONSUMERS
ETHICAL PURCHASING HAS BEEN ON A CONTINUAL RISE SINCE THE LATE 90’S ACCELARATING IN 2008 DUE TO THE CONTINUED THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING CONTINUED THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING & HEALTH CONCERNS
A RECENT GLOBAL SURVEY FOUND THAT 70% OF TOUR OPERATORS CONSIDER SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IMPORTANT TO THE QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE THEY OFFER THEIR CLIENTS
87% OF BRITISH TOURISTS THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEIR HOLIDAY DOES NOT DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT
HOW CAN LILLEHAMMER TAKE THE LEAD IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
Adventures and Activities
MEASURING AND MANAGING
How can you help take the lead in Sustainable Development?
Norway has made a fresh commitment to sustainability early in 2008, by pledging to become carbon neutral by 2030. Cutting the 50 million tons of CO2 emitted per year...
Two thirds of the emission cuts will be reduced domestically, 17 millions tons by 2020. The rest will be covered through donations to the developing world in the form of cash and the environment
The Government has pledged increased spending on the development of The Government has pledged increased spending on the development of renewable energy
Coordinate efforts already undertaken by the EU in 2007 – ‘ACTION FOR MORESUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN TOURISM’ and the subsequent report developed by Innovation Norway – ‘A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NORWAY’
A massive mobilisation of the key stakeholders in close cooperation with the communities and the media. Combined with the development of new and innovative products that will assist in breaking the current trends in tourism behaviour
‘INDUSTRY BUY IN’ – ‘PUBLIC AWARENESS’ – ‘MOBILIZATION’ – ‘PERSONAL ACTION’
‘CROSS INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS’
The Norwegian sustainability vision
DESIRE
PASSION
Cooperation
Community
LANDSCAPE
CARBON NEUTRAL
ACCESSIBLE
CERTIFICATION
WILDLIFE
SUSTAINABLECONSERVATION
AWARENESS
LEADERSHIP
TREND
BEST PRACTICES
PARTICIPATION
ACTION
ORGANICORGANICORGANICORGANIC
ETHICAL
RESPONSIBLE
ACCREDITATIONMEDIA COVERAGE
BUY IN - ACTION
COMMITMENT
CRITICAL
INNOVATION
Measurement & Management
EDUCATION
Environment
HERITAGE
CARBON NEUTRAL
CULTURE
SUSTAINABLE
Triple Bottom Line
WILDLIFE
SEA LIFE
LANGUAGE
HISTORY
MARKET
AWARENESS
Partnership
BEST PRACTICES
RE-USE & RECYCLE
EFFICIENT
RESOURCES INDICATORSTOOLS
GREEN
HEALTHY
POLICY & LEGISLATION
ECOTOURISMGEOTOURISM
QUALITY PRACTICAL
VIABLEVIABLEVIABLEVIABLE
EVOLVING
GOVERNMENT
Q & A
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