Sustainable tourism, responsible tourismand sustainable development is a process, a journey, and an ideal to aspire for. Different people or tourism businesses look at Sustainable tourism and responsible tourism differently.
We look at sustainable and responsible tourism from two different angels the travellers and the businesses.
As far as sustainable and responsible tourism for businesses is concerned, some see a social problem that can be tackled or resolved using sustainable tourism and responsible tourism as a tool to raise visibility and funds for the cause. Other businesses recognise that taking responsibility for their ecological, social and economic environment is the only way to be successful in the long run. And there are yet others who run successful local tourism businesses who want to give back to their community and environment.
Many different standards are defined by different people/organizations and the following is some criteria to change your travel business to a sustainable and responsible one.
The different criteria on how an accommodation provider can practice sustainable and responsible tourism:
We found an interesting video made as a class project presentation on Youtube.com. Its called "
Imagine What Tourism Can Do." We find this video interesting because in a very simple and refined manner it shows the possibilities that a sustainable usage of tourism income can create for our world.