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Harvard E -118 November 17, 2011. UNWTO Initiative Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations (2004) Indicators of Sustainable Development
UNWTO Initiative Indicators of Sustainable Development for
Tourism Destinations (2004) Indicators of Sustainable Development
for Tourism Destinations Still the most comprehensive bible of
issues related to decisions on tourism destination management only
available for sale from UNWTO Indicators Procedures to form basis
for Stewardship Plan Formulation of vision and mission statement
Scope of destination planning to be undertaken set out in
objectives statement Participatory planning process Goals
established according to local needs Indicators considered through
review process Situation Analysis Expert field review of
destination issues Indicators tested and narrowed according to
context Action Plans Indicators finalized as performance measures
with stakeholder input Monitoring and evaluation
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Destination stewardship is a process by which local
communities, governmental agencies, NGOs, and the tourism industry
take a multi-stakeholder approach to maintaining the cultural,
environmental, economic, and aesthetic integrity of their country,
region, or town. In other words, to ensure that the destination
retains and enhances the distinctive attributes that makes it
attractive to beneficial tourism.
http://new.gstcouncil.org/programs/destin ations
http://new.gstcouncil.org/programs/destin ations Criteria review in
process Early Adopters Program launching now
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Monitoring Political capacity to respond to local destination
stewardship goals Economic capacity to invest in human and
environmental capital in destination Support of human needs for
clean/safe environments to work with human services required
Landscape/Marine ecosystem conservation and management in
destination
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Landscape/Marine ecosystem conservation and management for
tourism Establishment of system of key points for monitoring across
destination Protected Areas, Cultural Monuments, Coastal Areas and
Beaches, Coral Reef sites, other sites vital to economic
development of tourism in country Development of key indicators for
monitoring Development of system of alarms and reporting when
points of tolerance are exceeded Along lines of limits of
acceptable change (LAC process)LAC process
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Monitoring of Health of Vital Support Ecosystems for
Destination Wetlands/Mangroves Watersheds Water quality Air quality
Establishment of Key Indicators LAC type process
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Human Well-Being Support Availability of Key Human Services
Waste water treatment Solid waste management Transportation systems
Educational systems Communications systems Health service systems
Healthy, affordable food availability
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Economic Capacity to Reinvest in Human/Environmental Capital
Tax system for Tourism % to marketing % to human services % to
conservation of ecosystems Municipal tax system in destinations
Amount gathered from tourism facilities Amount spent on support of
tourism facilities Amount required to support tourism facilities
Human services Ecosystem services
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Political capacity to respond to local destination stewardship
goals Tourism Related Laws Best Practice Gap Analysis Economic
Valuation of Destinations Tourism $$ generated direct and indirect
Economic value of conserved ecosystems for destinations in terms of
tourism $$ Investment required to preserve monitored ecosystems
Cost evaluation of managing destinations for human services Current
economic capacity to support human needs in destinations Investment
required to provide required human services Cost Benefit Analysis
Required investment in key ecosystems Required investment in human
needs services Benefit analysis in terms of tourism $$
generated
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On-going review of local needs Official Stakeholder reporting
systems from destinations Ecosystem indicators via LAC style review
Availability of key human needs services Availability of economic
resources to support human/environmental capital Political capacity
to support destination stewardship goals
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Matching Markets to Potential Investment Creating an
environment where government can enable Social and Environmental
Economy
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Create a more diversified economy that conserves biodiversity
Attract more value-added tourism to region Create capacity to
manage tourism sustainably Bring more economic opportunity to the
poorer segments of society
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Ecoexperiencias El Salvador
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Difficult to establish level playing field in destination
world. From Emerging to Fully Developed Destinations have widely
different challenges What types of destinations will benefit most
from Adopting Standards? Cart and Horse issues Is it better to
enable political capacity to understand need, provide clear
monetized reasons to undertake sustainability planning at municipal
as well as national level? Or Use outside international monitoring
to provide general auditing and standards Combination? Which comes
first, cart or horse? What about local capacity to undertake the
work?