作为最终目标，RTI以可持续的方式促进旅游业的发展，并促进每个目的地和社区的社会和文化真实性。为实现这一目标，研究所与发达国家和发展中国家的旅游业商业协会，非政府组织和目的地政府合作，它们拥有重要的文化和自然遗产。
在负责任旅游协会，我们关注的是保护环境和改善旅游目的地的生活质量，总的来说，关注当地经济，培养就业和当地文化，关心和保护旅游业内的文化和自然遗产。我们通过促进，传播和应用负责任的旅游系统来实现这一目标，以确保可持续的旅游业。
原则
我们负责任旅游学院推广的原则，基于以下激发全球可持续旅游业的发展的重要的声明，合约，公开言论，准则以及协议。
THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972 / Link
MANILA DECLARATION ON WORLD TOURISM
WTO, 1980 / Download
THE HAGUE DECLARATION ON TOURISM
Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) / WTO, 1989 / Download
WORLD CHARTER FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
UNESCO, UNWTO, UNEP, European Commission. Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 1995 (EN, ES, FR) / Link
THE BERLIN DECLARATION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
International Conference on Biodiversity and Tourism, 1997 / Link
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL TOURISM CHARTER: MANAGING TOURISM AT PLACES OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE.
ICOMOS, 1999 / Download
UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
UN - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly, 2000 / Link
THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM.
UNWTO / ECPAT, 2000 / Download
GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM
UNWTO, 2001 / Download
THE NANDA DEVI BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ECO TOURISM DECLARATION
Nanda Devi Campaign, 2001. Link
CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
PATA/APEC, 2001. Link
QUEBEC DECLARATION ON ECOTOURISM
UNEP/UNWTO, 2002 / Download
BABIA GÓRA DECLARATION ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MOUNTAIN AREAS
CEE/UNEP/UNESCO, 2002 / Download
CAPE TOWN DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE TOURISM IN DESTINATIONS
Responsible Tourism Partnership, South Africa, 2002 / Download
DJERBA DECLARATION ON TOURISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
UNWTO, Tunisia, 2003 / Download
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
UNESCO, 2003 / Link
TOURISM FOR ALL: DECLARATION ON TOURISM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
Universal Forum of Cultures / RTI - Barcelona 2004 / Download
DECLARATION - HARNESSING TOURISM FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
UNWTO, 2005 / Download
PROTOCOL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALPINE CONVENTION OF 1991 IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM.
Alpine Convention, 2005 / Download
CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS.
UNESCO, 2005 / Link
DAVOS DECLARATION. CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM: RESPONDING TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES.
UNWTO, UNEP, WMO, WEF, 2007 / Download
THE KERALA DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
Kerala Tourism & ICTR, 2008 / Download
LUSAKA DECLARATION ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PEACE.
IPPT-International Institute for Peace through Tourism, Zambia, 2011 / Download
SIHANOUKVILLE DECLARATION ON MULTILATERAL COOPERATION FOR ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT
WEC, Cambodia, 2011 / Download
FUTURE WE WANT
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, 2012 / Link
RÉUNION ISLAND DECLARATION ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN ISLANDS
UNWTO, 2013 / Download
THE NINH BINH DECLARATION ON SPIRITUAL TOURISM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UNWTO, 2013 / Download
PHNOM PENH DECLARATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TOURISM
PATA, UNESCO, UNWTO, 2014 / Download
NASSAU DECLARATION ON TOURISM AS A KEY SECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAND STATES.
SIDS, UNWTO, 2014 / Download
PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, INCLUDING ECOTOURISM, FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION.
Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly, 2014 / Download
SAN MARINO DECLARATION ON ACCESSIBLE TOURISM.
DPOs & UNWTO / San Marino Republic, 2014 / Download
BETHLEHEM DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS TOURISM AS A MEANS OF FOSTERING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HOST COMMUNITIES.
UNWTO, Palestine, 2015 / Download