ST-EP will promote socially, economically, and ecologically sustainable tourism, aimed at alleviating poverty and bringing jobs to people in developing countries. These objectives are fully consistent with the goals set out in the Millenium Declaration.
Our team has gathered a collection of articles, websites and reports of various sustainable tourism initiatives. Please feel free to browse through:
- Geotraveler Tips from National Geographic
- Tourism and Poverty Alleviation, World Tourism Organization [excerpts]
- Tourism, Microfinance, and Poverty Alleviation, PlaNet Finance and World Tourism Organization [excerpts]
- Taking off: E-tourism opportunities for developing countries, U.N. Information Economy Report, 2005 [e-tourism chapter]
- New Directions in Tourism for the Third World, John Brohman [excerpts]
- Nine Quandries of Tourism by Cheryl Shanks, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America
- The Sustainable Tourism Gateway
- Planeta.com's Ecotourism Guide
- The E-tourism And The Virtual Enterprise
- ICT and the Changing Landscape of Global Tourism Distribution
- Responsible Tourism and the Market
- A call to responsible global tourism
- ICT and Tourism: a natural partnership
- UNCTAD: E-tourism in developing countries: more links, fewer leaks
- UNCTAD E-Tourism Initiative: Helping Developing Countries Destinations to Become More Autonomous. March, 14, 2005
- UNCTAD Report of the Expert Meeting on ICT and Tourism for Development [2005] [2000]
- E-Tourism Can Help Developing Countries Keep Tourism Profits at Home
- UNCTAD E-Tourism Initiative [website]
- UNCTAD Expert Meeting On Electronic Commerce and Tourism: New Perspectives and Challenges for Developing Countries, September 18-20, 2000
- UNCTAD: Tourism and Development in Least Developed Countries
- WTO Policy Forum: Tourism is Top Priority in Fight Against Poverty