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Special Edition of Travelmole`s Vision on Sustainable Tourism dedicated entirely to the Symposium
| Keywords | Climate Change, Sustainable Tourism, Green Economy |
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| URL | http://www.travelmole.com/nwire_sample_sustain.php?m_id=&newswire_id=4817 |
CONTENTS
The content of this Special Edition of the Vision on Sustainable Tourism issue focuses on the state-of-the-art of understanding of globalization, climate change and sustainable tourism development though the eyes of the world’s top tourism administrators and business representatives, who will be meeting in Gothenburg on14-15th September 2009 - before the UN CoP 15 post-Kyoto Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen - to engage with Europe’s National Tourism Organisations on the issues of Tourism and Travel in the Green Economy.
Articles:
- Tourism and Travel in the Green Economy – A Preview of the Gothenburg Symposium, Sweden 14th 15th September 2009
Background and content to the Gothenburg gathering...
- Towards a Green Economy – Sustainability and the Tourism Sector in the run up to the Copenhagen Agreement
Policy and programme information on global crises management, climate change and sustainable tourism development in the run up to Copenhagen
- Tourism Going Climate Neutral
What is the tourism sector doing to minimize negative impacts on the environment and contribute to the development of a global green economy? Find out about leading initiatives at the global and national levels, and hear a business stakeholder’s viewpoint on how business & industry can positively contribute to this process.
- The Travel Industry, Innovation and New Technologies
How new technologies can be used to achieve climate neutral actions in travelling. Key industry leaders will show the response from air and rail transport links of the tourism supply chain. Opening day ministerial-level presentations providing policy and programme information on global crisis management, climate change and sustainable tourism development
- Destinations: a Sustainable Approach
This section provides an insight into how the tourism sector fits into the wider moves towards sustainable consumption and production and the development of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC). It outlines examples of how tourism destinations are managing climate change, offering a global perspective on moves to harmonise sustainable tourism criteria, a national level approach to implementing a Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP) policy for the tourism sector, and what the accommodation sector can do to move towards climate neutral activity.
- Towards a Green Economy - NTO Challenges and Opportunities
This section describes the scope and actions that an NTO can undertake in order to deal with climate change and sustainable tourism development. It will consider a model of NTO organization at the international, national and regional levels, which can be used to develop the NTO contribution to a green economy in response to policy lines. The Learning Area on Climate Change and Sustainable Tourism for NTOs will be highlighted.
- The DestiNet Climate Change and Sustainable Tourism Learning Area for NTOs
The European Travel Commission ETC is using the seminar to launch its climate change and sustainable tourism learning area, hosted on the DestiNet sustainable Tourism Information Portal. This article explains how DestiNet can be used as a knowledge-networking tool to develop sustainable tourism and also map the development of the global green economy from a local to global level.
- The Symposium Declaration
Outputs and results of Gothenburg, on the way to Copenhagen. Add your voice to the Symposium debate and get your messages to those going to Copenhagen...
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