Tourism and resource use Any future here? Stefanos Fotiou United Nations Environment Programme.
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Tourism and resource useAny future here?
Stefanos FotiouUnited Nations Environment Programme
Sustainable tourism Sustainable tourism developmentdevelopment
Assets Assets
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e.g. Objects
e.g. Landscapes
e.g. Facilities
e.g. Traditions
Humans
Tangible
Intangible
The main argumentThe main argument
The survival of tourism development is depended mainly (but not only) on patterns of: Consumption of resources (natural,
social, cultural, economic…);Consumption (use) of tourism products
and services Consumption oriented problems to be
addressed with production based solutions AND behavioural change
The needsThe needs
Measure the impacts (qualitative and quantitative approach)
Develop a policy framework for sustainable tourism
Create tools for governments, the industry and the consumers
Implementation
Do we have solutions?Do we have solutions?
Current technology can reduce tourism’s carbon footprint by almost 35%
NOT ENOUGH We need also behavioral change Technology + Modal shift: 45% reduction The main challenge: Aviation
UNEP’s responseUNEP’s response
Global Sustainable Tourism Partnership
•Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria•Tourism Sustainability Council
•Sustainable Investment and Finance in Tourism (SIFT)•Green Passport Campaign
•ENVIROTEL tool•Tourism and natural disasters•Sustainable coastal tourism
•……………………………
Tourism of the future?Tourism of the future?
Serve human wellbeing and not human vanity
Protect and conserve natural environment
Support local businesses and create local employment
Working with communities
Sustainable tourism and Sustainable tourism and economic efficiencyeconomic efficiency Decrease the cost of handling the
impacts Increase profits
Conserve the assets of the tourism development Assure future profits
Diversify the tourism products and thus target new marketsGenerate new profits
Thank you for your kind Thank you for your kind attentionattention