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Responsible Tourism is tourism ‘that creates better places for people to live in, and better places to visit’.
The 2002 Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations defines Responsible Tourism as follows:
“Responsible Tourism is tourism which:
• minimises negative economic, environmental and social impacts
• generates greater economic benefits for local people and enhances the well being of host communities
• improves working conditions and access to the industry
• involves local people in decisions that affect their lives and life chances
• makes positive contributions to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage embracing diversity
• provides more enjoyable experiences for tourists through more meaningful connections with local people, and a greater understanding of local cultural, social and environmental issues
• provides access for physically challenged people
• is culturally sensitive, encourages respect between tourists and hosts, and builds local pride and confidence”
Responsible tourism is fast becoming a global trend. Operators, destinations and industry organisations in South Africa, the United Kingdom, United States, the Gambia, India, Sri Lanka, are already practicing Responsible Tourism, and this list is growing. Recognising the global significance of Responsible Tourism World Travel Market, one of the world’s largest travel exhibitions, has created World Responsible Tourism Day, to be celebrated annually during November. World Responsible Tourism Day is endorsed by the World Tourism Organisation and World Travel and Tourism Council. With ITE Service, the concept of Sustainable tourism is on the development and consumer demand is increasing, the travel service provider deploys more and more "green" travel program, while the Government is also under construction policies to encourage sustainable tourism activities. But what is the true meaning of "sustainable tourism"? How Sustainable tourism is evaluated and demonstrates to build customer confidence and to promote efficiency as well as against the unreasonable? Most of our tourism project is to build the right standards of sustainable tourism is an effort aims to help people understand the colonization of sustainable tourism. With us, the Sustainable and Responsible tourism standards towards global 4 main goals:
- Planning for sustainable development and efficient,
- Improving socio-economic benefits for local communities,
- Preserve cultural heritage
- And minimize the negative impact to the environment.
Even though ITE Service has not been working so long in the industry but most of the people of us have been aware of following those mentioned goals as the most necessary of our company’s development.
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