Going Green - Minimum Standards Towards a Sustainable Hotel
The International Tourism Partnership (wwwtourismpartnership.org) drives the responsible tourism business agenda. Together with its members of leading global travel and tourism companies, the International Tourism Partnership assists the industry to make a valuable contribution to the countries and cultures in which they operate, to their customers, their shareholders and future generations.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Rainforest Alliance (website)
With more than 800 million people traveling each year, tourism is a growing source of revenue for people living in areas that are especially rich in plants and animals -- and threatened with destruction. While tourism can lead to problems such as waste, habitat destruction and the displacement of local people and wildlife, it also has the potential to provide incentives for conservation.
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Information on Sustainable Tourism Certification Programs
With more than 800 million people traveling each year, tourism is a growing source of revenue for people living in areas that are especially rich in plants and animals -- and threatened with destruction. While tourism can lead to problems such as waste, habitat destruction and the displacement of local people and wildlife, it also has the potential to provide incentives for conservation.
Find out more
Information on Sustainable Tourism Certification Programs
Recession May Hinder Sustainable Tourism
OneWorld US, Rainforest Alliance
The global recession threatens to reduce socially and environmentally responsible travel, an important source of income for many developing countries around the world.
"The tourism industry holds great potential for poor countries seeking to improve the lives of their citizens, but unless tourism is practiced responsibly and in harmony with the environment, it can lead to unchecked development, habitat destruction, waste, and pollution," says the conservation advocacy group Rainforest Alliance.
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OneWorld US, Rainforest Alliance
The global recession threatens to reduce socially and environmentally responsible travel, an important source of income for many developing countries around the world.
"The tourism industry holds great potential for poor countries seeking to improve the lives of their citizens, but unless tourism is practiced responsibly and in harmony with the environment, it can lead to unchecked development, habitat destruction, waste, and pollution," says the conservation advocacy group Rainforest Alliance.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Green Globe International
The Green Globe brand and program, which traces its roots back to the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 Heads of State endorsed the Agenda 21 principles of Sustainable Development, has primarily been used in the travel and tourism industry but is now being expanded to include a growing number of environmentally responsible businesses in a variety of market sectors. The Green Globe brand is an ideal symbol for the world's increasing awareness of environmental responsibility and response to global climate change.
Announces agreement with Sustainability Intelligence for Green Globe Index Measurement Tool
The Green Globe brand and program, which traces its roots back to the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 Heads of State endorsed the Agenda 21 principles of Sustainable Development, has primarily been used in the travel and tourism industry but is now being expanded to include a growing number of environmentally responsible businesses in a variety of market sectors. The Green Globe brand is an ideal symbol for the world's increasing awareness of environmental responsibility and response to global climate change.
Announces agreement with Sustainability Intelligence for Green Globe Index Measurement Tool
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