2020-10-26T12:05:46Z tag:root.destinet.eu,2020-10-26:/demo-design/News/2020/10 http://root.destinet.eu/demo-design/misc_/EnviroWindows/Site.gif ECOTRANS Tourism2030 tag:root.destinet.eu,2020-10-07:/demo-design/News/2020/10/unwto-measuring-the-sustainability-of-tourism 2020-10-07T06:15:09Z Herbert Hamele Herbert Hamele

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Experiences from Pilot Studies: A Synopsis for Policy Makers</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNWTO, in collaboration with the UN Statistics Division, is propelling the development of the MST (Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism) program to provide all countries in the world with a common framework to measure the impacts and contributions of tourism on the economy, society and the environment. The Statistical Framework for MST (SF-MST) is a valuable guiding tool for countries to produce credible, comparable and integrated data to better guide decisions and policy with respect to sustainable tourism.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As of August 2020, a total of 11 MST pilot studies have been conducted in the following countries: <strong>Austria, Canada, Fiji, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Thailand.</strong> In addition, Samoa and Vietnam have undertaken projects aimed at measuring the sustainability of tourism using tools that are in line with the SF-MST.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 800px; background-color: #0071bc;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Germany: A New "Tourism-Sustainability Satellite Account" (TSSA)</span></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><img style="width: 200px; height: 160px; margin: 0px 0px; vertical-align: undefined; " src="/images/mst-germany.jpg-1" width="200" height="160" /></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ffffff;">A viable system has been developed to measure different sustainability-impacts of tourism in Germany. This so-called Tourism-Sustainability-Satellite Account is based on TSA-data combined with data of German Environmental-Economic Accounting. Additional social indicators focus on decent work and inclusiveness. The system allows a systematic allocation of impacts to different tourism-related economic sectors.</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>

tag:root.destinet.eu,2020-10-26:/demo-design/News/2020/10/register-to-the-online-event 2020-10-26T12:12:07Z Herbert Hamele Herbert Hamele

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Transforming Tourism for a resilient and sustainable post-COVID world</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Online, 09 Nov 2020: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">13:00 - 14:30 CET</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This event will convene European government representatives, tourism institutions and international organisations to explore how sustainable tourism can build back greener towards a more sustainable tourism industry in a post-COVID scenario.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It will provide an overview of the impacts of COVID on the tourism sector and evaluate how stimulus packages and recovery plans could be aligned with a transition that meets health and safety requirements, leads to an inclusive green economy and meets the sustainable development agenda, and climate commitments.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transforming-tourism-for-a-resilient-and-sustainable-post-covid-world-tickets-125651646457" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Click here to <strong>register</strong> for the event</span></a></span></p> <p><br /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>