Events

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In this space we will inform you about each new event related to the Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI). We maintain a constant activity as ambassadors of sustainability throughout the world, in direct contact with institutions, destinations, companies and agents of change.

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International Summit: Cultural Sustainable Destinations without Borders

In the Historic Village of Idanha-a-Velha, the International Summit 'Sustainable cultural destinations without borders' will take place on 15, 16 and 17 November. During these days, topics connected with the current observable changes in the way tourists travel will be discussed.

One of these trends is the increasing interest in alternative destinations and multi-destination travel. This type of traveling is a new approach that adds value to an experience, as alternative tourism privileges the natural, social and communitarian values and that it encourages the exchange of experiences between the tourist and the resident. 

International Summit:  Cultural Sustainable Destinations without Borders

First National Meeting of the Responsible Traveler

On April 7 and 8 the first National Meeting of the Responsible Traveler was held in León. More than 100 bloggers, YouTubers, Instagrammers, writers and travel journalists met in León to talk about sustainable tourism. The event served as a pretext and learning opportunity so that the more than 2 million followers that these influencers handle, knew the negative impacts that tourism can produce in the destination and that they can minimize these effects. The debate revolved around the "Manifest of the Responsible Traveler", a manual that gathers the behaviors that the travelers must show during their trips, published by the Responsible Tourism Institute and the Intermundial Foundation in 2017 with the support of the World Tourism Organization.

First National Meeting of the Responsible Traveler

Sustainable Tourism in Interior Destinations

Managed in a sustainable way, inland tourism can be a considerable force for the enhancement and safeguarding of the natural and cultural heritage, material and immaterial, as well as a vector for the promotion of sustainable local development. But the tourism sector is increasingly aware of the problems of conserving the surrounding heritage, and of its role as a fundamental element of the offer. Therefore, the tourist activity must consider the induced effects on the cultural and natural heritage, actively sharing the responsibility for its preservation, and forging alliances for a more responsible and conscious tourism of the value of our common heritage.

Sustainable Tourism in Interior Destinations

Sustainability as a Key Factor of Competitiveness in the Tourism Industry

The tourism industry is called in the coming years to become one of the fundamental engines and priority field of application of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals, one of the facets that will mark the near future of the industry's commitment will be to increase capacities to bring benefits to communities and sustainable local development within the framework of a just economy.

Sustainability as a Key Factor of Competitiveness in the Tourism Industry

Sustainability and Competitiveness in Tourist Destinations

Destinations have the responsibility to promote formulas that enable sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth; and that, at the same time, contribute to full and productive employment and decent work for all (Goal 8). Particular emphasis is now placed on the access to decent work opportunities in the tourism sector, especially for young people and women, who can benefit from tourism through improved training and professional development. This also involves taking the necessary measures to maximize the economic benefits of tourism for the host community and to create strong links with the local economy of destination and other economic activities in the environment.

 

Sustainability and Competitiveness in Tourist Destinations

Sustainable Tourism within the framework of the New Urban Agenda

Within the framework of the New Urban Agenda Sustainable Development of urban destinations should be sought, understood as an integrative process that includes public authorities of the destination, citizenship, their companies and services, and the mechanisms for promoting destination and communication with tourists. Moving towards the development of sustainable urban destinations is a process of shared responsibility. Actors in sustainable tourism cities share the responsibility of maintaining the destination as a vibrant and prosperous place to live and visit. It is therefore essential to ensure that tourism destination governance includes all stakeholders, especially at local level, and that the roles and responsibilities of each are clearly defined.

Sustainable Tourism within the framework of the New Urban Agenda

World Summit on Sustainable Tourism: 20th Anniversay of the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism

The World Summit on Sustainable Tourism unanimously adopted in Vitoria-Gasteiz the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism +20, on November 27, 2015. It was held under the patronage of UNESCO and with the support of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), having been organized by the Responsible Tourism Institute (ITR), the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and the Basque Tourism Agency (Baquetour). It has reissued the commitment launched at the World Conference on Sustainable Tourism, held in 1995 in Lanzarote, where the first Charter of Sustainable Tourism was approved. It was in this conference where the term and the concept of Sustainable Tourism emerged that, together with the declaration, represented an important change in the tourism industry and in the development of this activity, including the destinations themselves, towards more responsible forms of conceiving tourism.

World Summit on Sustainable Tourism: 20th Anniversay of the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism