Promoting responsible nature-based tourism
澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 has long recognised the important role tourism plays in fostering visitors鈥 connection with nature, making it a potentially positive force for conservation.
From engaging the tourism industry in more , siting and design to promoting ecotourism business skills, 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 recognises the many benefits of helping build a biodiversity-friendly sector.
The economic benefits from tourism in protected areas can also be a powerful argument for conservation. For example, in the Mediterranean, a global holiday destination, 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 is focused on developing sustainable tourism models that provide both direct and indirect positive impacts for conservation within and around parks as well as in the local communities.
Until the Covid-I9 pandemic, tourism was one of the fastest growing economic sectors and sustainable tourism was a key component of its success, providing numerous benefits to communities. However, increased interest in visiting protected areas and parks also required additional infrastructure and services to avoid potential negative impacts on vulnerable habitats and species.
In 2018, 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 produced comprehensive on key issues to help park managers achieve sustainable tourism in protected areas.
At the 2021 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 World Conservation Congress, for the communities and countries reliant on nature-based tourism operations, whose health and livelihoods have been severely impacted by the pandemic. In the spirit of 鈥渂uilding back better,鈥 a project, Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas in a Post-COVID World, was launched to develop a more crisis resilient and sustainable tourism landscape.
Implemented by 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 with support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through their COVID-19 Response Measures for Tourism programme, this project collaborates with local and Indigenous Peoples in developing community-based sustainable tourism plans and activities that puts people and nature at the forefront.
This project also supports protected area managers in implementing the global 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Green List standard criteria for fair and effective tourism and visitation management. 聽See the in Peru and Viet-Nam.
These are just a few examples of 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料鈥檚 work on sustainable tourism.聽 For more information, you can also visit the 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group.