General Article What is sustainable tourism?

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One of the best definitions of sustainable tourism is that written by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, which addresses what sustainable tourism actually should be doing.

 

Sustainable tourism should

  1. Make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to conserve natural heritage and biodiversity.
  2. Respect the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, conserve their built a...

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