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B4 Support local entrepreneurs |
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B4 The organization offers the means for local small entrepreneurs to develop and sell sustainable products that are based on the area’s nature, history and culture (including food and beverages, crafts, performance arts, agricultural products, etc.). INDICATOR: • The organization provides their customers with access to local enterprises, including handcrafts, food/beverage, cultural performances, or other goods and services, to sell directly to guests, as far as practical. GUIDANCE: • The level of local entrepreneurs access should be commensurate with the organizations tourism business turnover relative to the economic status of the local community (i.e. larger tourism business in impoverished community the access should be high, city hotel in a developed economy the access may be low). |
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