El documento discute la importancia del turismo sostenible y los esfuerzos del Consejo de Sostenibilidad Turística (TSC) para promover la credibilidad y responsabilidad en la certificación de turismo sostenible a través del desarrollo de criterios globales de turismo sostenible, la acreditación de programas de certificación y la creación de demanda para productos y servicios turísticos sostenibles.
Estableciendo Credibilidad y Responsabilidad para la Certificación en Turismo Sostenible
1. Consejo de Sostenibilidad Turística Estableciendo Credibilidad y Responsabilidad para la Certificación en Turismo Sostenible Amos Bien, TSC Consejo Asesor Interino
2.
3. Desarrollo típico 27 de abril de 2010 Entonces se les construye esto. Los turistas quieren esto.
36. Como utilizar la ficha de sostenibilidad del BID Clasificación de desempeño Significado Excelente Impacto neto positivo Bueno Impacto positivo probable Satisfactorio Impacto neutro Riesgo potencial De cuidado para el BID y debe justificarse o corregirse Insatisfactorio Inaceptable: debe abordarse y corregirse antes de solicitar financiamiento del BID N/A El criterio no es aplicable
40. Sectores del turismo y la sostenibilidad 27 de abril de 2010 Turismo Sostenible Turismo de Playa Turismo de Ciudad Turismo Naturalista Turismo Sostenible ecoturismo Turismo de Aventura Turismo Rural
41. Preguntas y Respuestas www.sustainable tourism criteria.org Amos Bien Asesores en Ecoturismo S.A. Costa Rica 11502 + 506 8308-8783 [email_address]
Notes de l'éditeur
The goal is to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for poverty alleviation. With tourism forecasted to nearly double in the next decade, it will have a greater impact on natural and cultural resources and local communities. On a practical level, there are hundreds of sets of voluntary criteria, certification programs, and eco-labels in use around the world. By some counts, there are over 70 certification systems in existence worldwide. This has led to: -Consumer confusion (“Which business can I trust?”) -Travel business confusion (“Which sustainability programs will be recognized in the marketplace?”) -Lack of credibility for good programs. -Fragmentation and duplication of efforts. -Greenwashing, or the practice of falsely claiming to be sustainable. SOLUTION: COMMON GLOBAL LANGUAGE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
The Tourism Sustainability Council (TSC) is a new initiative- slated to launch in early to mid 2010- that will be formed through the merger of the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership) and the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council (STSC). As a global membership council, the TSC will offer a common understanding of sustainable tourism and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles and criteria.
Examples: The GSTC are formally a part of the International Marrakesh Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development , an inter-governmental process led by UNEP to promote sustainable production and consumption policies among governments around the world . The criteria were used by the governments of Egypt, Vietnam and Thailand as a baseline to develop a national eco-label The city of Sa n Franci sco and 172 other cities in the US endorsed the GSTC as the minimum guidelines that lodging and tour operators should adhere to.
The Willard Inter-Continental Hotel is committed to sustainable development and has used the GSTC as a framework for its sustainability report.
IDB Scorecard was developed for Tourism Projects in LAC/Caribbean. The IDB has developed the Tourism Sustainability Scorecard as an innovative instrument to rigorously examine the various dimensions of tourism sustainability in the context of evaluating investment proposals in the sector. It is based on the GSTC