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Recommendation N°26. Sustainable tourism

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The 3rd Global Meeting of Limoges:

Recognizing that tourism, in the richness of its diversity is a source of human development and a condition of peace between peoples, but also an awareness of the essential ecological processes for the existence of all life forms ;

Convinced that the ability of natural resources, the availability of host populations, the needs of energy resources to satisfy touristical travels can be maintained in long term only by sustainable and equitable management of resources into the benefit of present and future generations both ecological and economic, social, cultural and spiritual point of view ; Considering the values of peace and exchange of international declarations of tourism as the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism of Lanzarote and the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism ;

Recognizing the value of the recommendations of the International Conference on small islands developing and other small islands held in Mahé in 2001 and reiterated by the World Summit on Ecotourism in Quebec in May 2002;

Whereas there is for the moment no global convention applicable to all touristical practices and attractions that exist on the Earth ;

Considering that such a global convention on sustainable tourism serve as legal basis for increased compatibility in the protection and promotion of tourist sites and would strengthen the existing conventions on related fields ;

Recalling the fundamental principles of international environmental law ;

Claim, failing to convince the opportunity to develop a new global convention on sustainable tourism among States as well as among international institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the following recommendations are the basis for the declarations adopted at the United Nations Conference in Rio in June 2012;

Recommends:

  1. The recognition of sustainable tourism as a factor of socio-cultural development of populations and / or local communities, for his contribution to the fight against poverty, to improve their standard of living, to the consideration of peace between peoples ;

  2. the improvement of national environmental laws so that they promote :

    (i) the revaluation of environmental and social functions of leisure,

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    (ii) the planning of their development to ensure sustainability of their use,

    (iii) a more equitable, participatory and decentralized management of resources, involving all stakeholders for the benefit of user populations, local and national...

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