In agreement with Rainforest Alliance, UNEP (the UN Environment Programme) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) were presented by the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe first criteria worldwide in favor of a sustainable tourism . These rules are based on thousands of best practices, extrapolated from the standards currently applied in various countries around the world, and developed to provide a common framework to guide the emerging sustainable tourism and environmentally friendly. The criteria were developed by Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (Gstc Partnership), a new breakfast of 27 organizations, made up of leading public and private, nonprofit organizations and entities mentioned above. Over the past 15 months the partnership, together with sustainability experts and industry travel, reviewed more than 60 existing certification standards in the world, including those also on a voluntary basis. In all, were analyzed more than 4,500 criteria have been heard and the observations of 80 000 people, including conservationists, industry leaders, governmental authorities and UN bodies. The results available on www.SustainableTourismCriteria.org , focus on four areas of crucial importance: the optimization of socio-economic benefits of tourism to local communities, reducing negative impacts on cultural heritage, and the reduction of injury affected local environments, planning for sustainability. Info and texts from magazine www.tafter.it
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