Sustainable Development

of Tourism

16 September 2015
 MDG SDG

1. To eradicate extreme poverty and

hunger
2. To achieve universal primary
education
3. To promote gender equality and

4.
5.
empowering women
To reduce child mortality rates
To improve maternal health
SDGas from

6.

7.
To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and
other diseases
To ensure environmental
2015
sustainability
8. To develop a global partnership
for development
Sustainable Development Goals

8.9 by 2030 devise and implement policies to

promote sustainable tourism which creates
jobs, promotes local culture and products

12.b develop and implement tools to monitor

sustainable development impacts for
sustainable tourism which creates jobs,
promotes local culture and products

14.7 by 2030 increase the economic benefits to SIDS

and LDCs from the sustainable use of marine
resources, including through sustainable
management of fisheries, aquaculture and
tourism
 Milestones

Revised Guidebook on
What tourism managers need The Guidebook on Indicators
of Sustainable Development for Tourism
Indicators
to know of Sustainable Development for
A practical guide to the development and Destinations
Tourism Destinations
use of indicators of sustainable tourism

Handbook
UNWTO/INRouTe on sub-national
Sub-national Measurement and Analysis –
measurement of tourism
Towards a Set of UNWTO Guidelines

10 YFP
Nice Conference Iguazú Conference Bali Conference
on the Measurement of the on “The Tourism Satellite Account on Tourism: An Engine for

SDG

SCP
Economic Impact of Tourism (TSA): Understanding Tourism and Employment Creation
Designing Strategies”

RTS Adoption of TSA International Update of TSA UNWTO/ ILO SEEA/Tourism

(Recommendations (Tourism Satellite Recommendations (Tourism Satellite Measuring Employment in the
on Tourism Statistics) Accounts) for Tourism Statistics Accounts) Tourism Industry – Guide with Best
Practices

1993 1996 1999 2000 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013 2014 2015 2016 / 2017

Today
UNGA Sustainable Tourism Resolution

Sponsored by 51 Member States

adopted unanimously (69th UNGA)
 10YFP

Accelerating the change towards sustainable

consumption and production patterns
Rio+20 Survey Concept note
 INSTO
UNWTO Network of Observatories
10YFP - a Global Mandate

Committed to accelerate the shift

towards
Sustainable Consumption and
Production Patterns (SCP)
10YFP STP Stakeholders

Lead and Co-leads

Multistakeholder Advisory Committee

And 65+ partners

International Network of Sustainable Tourism
Observatories (INSTO)

1. Local satisfaction with

Environmental Economic tourism
2. Destination economic
benefits
3. Employment
4. Tourism seasonality
5. Energy management
Socio-cultural 6. Water management
7. Sewage treatment
8. Solid waste management
9. Development control

INSTO
Emergency Planning for Travel and Tourism

IHR

CAPSCA IACRNE

PAGnet
Naming New Human Infectious Diseases
Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience

To promote and integrate

disaster risk management
approaches throughout
the tourism industry
CTS, Facilitation and Evidence-based Research
Thank you!
Dr. Dirk Glaesser
Director
Sustainable Development of
Tourism
World Tourism Organization
…………………………………..
Tel: + 34 91 5678 225
Fax: + 34 91 5713 733
email: dglaesser@unwto.org
www.unwto.org