To sum up sustainable tourism...
- It is the future of many communities.
- It is the way of making sure tourism continues to grow with care and good management.
- Sustainable tourism aims to help local people with employment opportunities. (Economic sustainability).
- It is tourism that does not harm the environment.
- It actually preserves and enhances (improves) the area and its surroundings for future generations to enjoy.
Sustainability and local people...
- It ensures local skills and crafts do not die out by using people with such skills and crafts for tourism purposes (local sustainability).
- It aims to reduce the negative impacts of tourism.
- It aims to care for and preserve the environment and natural habitats of animals (ecological sustainability)
Sustainability and tourism development …..
- In areas where tourism is relatively new and in its development stage, sustainable tourism means helping people keep their culture, lifestyle and values while still benefiting from the positive impacts of tourism.
- It involves training local people in new skills to enable them to get jobs in the tourism industry in areas where tourism is being developed (cultural sustainability).
To keep tourism sustainable
Simply...
- Eat local
- Buy Local
- Stay local
The above three points ensures that tourism becomes sustainable in new and existing tourist destinations.
