The World Tourism Organization defines sustainable tourism as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities".
In relation to the Sustainable Development Goals:
SDG target 8.9: “by 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products”.
SDG target 12.b: “develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products”.
SDG target 14.7: Tourism is also identified as one of the tools to “by 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries”
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