On our long journey to new awareness, we came across a coalition that was faced with the same questions we were.
Future of Tourism
It is a coalition of six nongovernmental organizations that have come together in an APPEAL FOR TOURISM CHANGE, with the goal of putting destination needs at the center of the industry’s new future.
Making the coalition’s words our own, we argue that “better tourism can benefit destination communities, boost the protection of nature and history, and at the same time enrich travelers.” Indeed, “Poorly managed tourism (…) has damaged communities and ecosystems, cultural and historical sites, contributed to environmental stress, and degraded the travel experience itself. This has been exacerbated by an excessive political emphasis on the quantity of tourists over the quality of the experience and the benefits to the destination communities. The recovery from the COVID-19 crisis offered an opportunity to choose a more sustainable future.”
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For us at Travel World Escape, too, the Pandemic period offered a unique opportunity to reflect on where we wanted to go and whether “there was a better way to do things,” to be part of real change in tourism.
We have realized that it is essential to have common guidelines to make sure that everyone turns their eyes in the same direction. This is why we decided to be among the signatories of the Future of Tourism coalition, supporting their 13 guiding principles.
Through the coalition, we are committed to being part of a global journey: we are open to listening, creating dialogue and providing resources to help tourism managers and stakeholders. We are encouraged to give our feedback and participate to develop better tourism.
Through the coalition community, we have the opportunity to cooperate with practitioners, agencies, organizations, NGOs internationally, sharing the same goals. In addition, we are encouraged to share our successes and challenges about our experience in sustainable tourism and to illustrate how the 13 guiding principles align with our recovery plans.