Tourism responding to the challenge of Climate Change
2009
- Tourism & Travel in the Green Economy
A Symposium, hosted by ETC and UNWTO in collaboration with VisitSweden,
was held in Gothenburg on 14.-15. September 2009. For more
information and the Symposium statement click
here.
2008
- UNWTO Year of Climate Change
The UNWTO's 'World Tourism Day' iniatiative
was conceived as a yearly campaign to raise awareness on the constructive
social role of tourism.
The theme of World Tourism
Day 2008, which will be hosted in Peru on 27
September, will be centred around the tourism sector's response to the
challenges of climate change. The focus on climate change and
the broader development agenda coincides with UNWTO's active support of the
UN's Millennium
Development Goals.
The theme will contribute in putting forward the global campaign
to implement the Davos
Declaration (Climate Change and Tourism - Responding to Global
Challanges). The Declaration builds on the touirsm sector's strong
relationship with climate and its global social and economic value, as well as
its role in sustainable development.
For further details on the UNWTO's World Tourism Day campaign
and on Climate Change & Tourism, please see: http://www.unwto.org/wtd/index.php
Reports on Climate Change
Useful websites for further information on the topic:
