Tourism and resource useAny future here?

Stefanos FotiouUnited Nations Environment Programme

Sustainable tourism Sustainable tourism developmentdevelopment

Assets Assets

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e.g. Objects

e.g. Landscapes

e.g. Facilities

e.g. Traditions

Humans

Tangible

Intangible

The main argumentThe main argument

The survival of tourism development is depended mainly (but not only) on patterns of: Consumption of resources (natural,

social, cultural, economic…);Consumption (use) of tourism products

and services Consumption oriented problems to be

addressed with production based solutions AND behavioural change

The needsThe needs

Measure the impacts (qualitative and quantitative approach)

Develop a policy framework for sustainable tourism

Create tools for governments, the industry and the consumers

Implementation

Do we have solutions?Do we have solutions?

Current technology can reduce tourism’s carbon footprint by almost 35%

NOT ENOUGH We need also behavioral change Technology + Modal shift: 45% reduction The main challenge: Aviation

UNEP’s responseUNEP’s response

Global Sustainable Tourism Partnership

•Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria•Tourism Sustainability Council

•Sustainable Investment and Finance in Tourism (SIFT)•Green Passport Campaign

•ENVIROTEL tool•Tourism and natural disasters•Sustainable coastal tourism

•……………………………

Tourism of the future?Tourism of the future?

Serve human wellbeing and not human vanity

Protect and conserve natural environment

Support local businesses and create local employment

Working with communities

Sustainable tourism and Sustainable tourism and economic efficiencyeconomic efficiency Decrease the cost of handling the

impacts Increase profits

Conserve the assets of the tourism development Assure future profits

Diversify the tourism products and thus target new marketsGenerate new profits

Thank you for your kind Thank you for your kind attentionattention

stefanos.fotiou@unep.org