December 20, 2012

Adventure Travel World Summit 2013

The Adventure Tourism World Summit 2013 will take place on October 26 to 31 in Namibia.
Get more information in: http://www.adventuretravel.biz/connect/summit/

December 13, 2012

Global Action for Sustainable Consumption and Production

At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the Heads of State reaffirmed that promoting sustainable patterns of consumption and production is one of the three overarching objectives of, and essential requirements for sustainable development.
A document was created which provides the vision, goals and values of the 10YFP as well as its functions, organisational structure, means of implementation, criteria for programmes design and an initial, non-exhaustive list of five programmes.
Document in English
This document should be taken into account in policies and decisions that lead to the development of responsible tourism by governments, private sector, consumers,etc.
Going further: http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Policy/SCPPoliciesandthe10YFP/The10YearFrameworkProgrammesonSCP/tabid/102563/Default.aspx

World Travel Market Latin America 2013

World Travel Market Latin America, the leading global event for the Latin American travel industry is going to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Going further visit: http://www.wtmlatinamerica.com/page.cfm/ID=1/trackLogID=10410_450A3B89B0

December 6, 2012

GSTC - Criteria for Destinations

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)already finished the draft version of the Phase II Criteria for Destinations and now is available for public consultation.
Comment or suggestions can be made until January 15, 2013.
Going further visit: GSTC - Criteria for Destinations

December 4, 2012

The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2013 will be held at the end of September in Nairobi, Kenya.
http://www.ecotourismconference.org/