FINALS PD 3 - UNTWO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General

"Tourism is a genuine driver of solidarity and development.
Let us all fully harness its power to bring people and communities together, abiding by the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. This way tourism can keep delivering better opportunities and sustainable development for millions across the globe."

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General

Tourism is a genuine driver of solidarity and development.

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General

Let us all fully harness its power to bring people and communities together, abiding by the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General

This way tourism can keep delivering better opportunities and sustainable development for millions across the globe.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

--- sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

(at the beginning of the 21st century)

It draws inspiration from many similar declarations and industry codes that have come before and it adds new thinking that reflects our changing society ---

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

is a comprehensive set of principles whose purpose is to guide stakeholders in tourism development

central and local governments,
local communities,
the tourism industry, and its professionals,
visitors, both international and domestic.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

stakeholders in tourism development

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

With international tourism forecast to reach 1.6 billion arrivals by 2020, members of the World Tourism Organization believe that the --- is needed to help minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and on cultural heritage while maximizing the benefits for residents of tourism destinations.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

is intended to be a living document.

Read it.
Circulate it widely.
Participate in its implementation.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is intended to be a living document.

Only with your cooperation can we safeguard the future of the tourism industry and expand the sector's contribution to economic prosperity, peace, and understanding among all the nations of the world.

Istanbul, Turkey, in 1997.

The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

The Code was called for in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly, meeting in ---

Secretary-General and the legal adviser to UNWTO,
in consultation with UNWTO Business Council,
UNWTO's Regional Commissions, and the
UNWTO Executive Council.

Istanbul, Turkey, in 1997.

Over the following two years, a special committee for the preparation of the Code was formed, and a draft document was prepared by the ---

the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

As a fundamental frame of reference for responsible and sustainable tourism, ---

the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

is a comprehensive set of principles designed to guide key-players in tourism development.

the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

Addressed to governments, the travel industry, communities, and tourists alike,

the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET)

it aims to help maximize the sector's benefits while minimizing its potentially negative impact on the environment, cultural heritage and societies across the globe.

Adopted in 1999 by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization,

its acknowledgment by the United Nations two years later expressly encouraged UNWTO to promote the effective follow-up of its provisions.

Adopted in 1999 by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization,

Although not legally binding, the Code features a voluntary implementation mechanism through its recognition of the role of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE), to which stakeholders may refer matters concerning the application and interpretation of the document.

the role of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE)

Adopted in 1999 by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization,

--- to which stakeholders may refer matters concerning the application and interpretation of the document.

meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1997.

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• The Code was called for in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly, ---

New York in April 1999,

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• The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, (UNCSD) meeting in ---

• The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, (UNCSD) meeting in New York in April 1999

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endorsed the concept of the Code and requested UNWTO to seek further input from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and labor organizations.

Santiago, Chile, in October 1999.

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•GCET was approved unanimously by the UNWTO General Assembly at its meeting in ---

substantive session of July 2001,

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• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in its --- adopted a draft resolution on the Code of Ethics and called on the UN General Assembly to recognize the document.

• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in its substantive session of July 2001,

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adopted a draft resolution on the Code of Ethics and called on the UN General Assembly to recognize the document.

21 December 2001

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• Official recognition by the UN General Assembly of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism came on --- by which it further encouraged the World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up of the Code.

World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up of the Code.

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• Official recognition by the UN General Assembly of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism came on 21 December 2001 by which it further encouraged the ---

Article 10 of the Code

provides for a voluntary implementation mechanism through the recognition of the role of the World Committee on Tourism, to which stakeholders may refer, on a voluntary basis, any matters concerning the application and interpretation of the document.

2020, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

members of the World Tourism Organization believe that --- is needed to help minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and on cultural heritage while maximizing the benefits for residents of tourism destinations.

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

UNWTO is guided by the belief that tourism can make a meaningful contribution to people's lives and our planet.

GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

This conviction is at the very heart of ---, a roadmap for tourism development.

I call on all to read, circulate and adopt the Code for the benefit of tourists, tour operators, host communities and their environments worldwide.

ACCESSIBLE TOURISM

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 15% of the world's population (1 billion people) is estimated to live with some form of disability.

ACCESSIBLE TOURISM

UNWTO is convinced that accessibility for all to tourist facilities, products, and services should be a central part of any responsible and sustainable tourist policy.

TOURISM AND CULTURE

cultural tourism

is a type of tourism activity in which the visitor's essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the tangible and intangible cultural attractions/products in a tourism destination.

TOURISM AND CULTURE

These attractions/products relate to a set of distinctive material, intellectual, spiritual and emotional features of a society that encompasses arts and architecture, historical and cultural heritage, culinary heritage, literature, music, creative industries and the living cultures with their lifestyles, value systems, beliefs and traditions.

GENDER AND TOURISM

Tourism has the potential to contribute to greater gender equality and the empowerment of women, in line with the Third Millennium Development Goal.

GENDER AND TOURISM

The majority of people employed in tourism worldwide are women, both in formal and informal jobs.

GENDER AND TOURISM

Tourism offers women opportunities for income-generation and entrepreneurship.

However, women are concentrated in the lowest paid, lowest skilled sectors of the industry and carry out a large amount of unpaid work in family tourism businesses.