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  1. What is Responsible Tourism?

    Responsible Tourism is about making better places for people to live in and visit, by minimising negative impacts and generating positive benefits. Learn the Cape Town Declaration, the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics and other key documents that define and promote Responsible Tourism.

  2. What is responsible tourism and why does it matter?

    Responsible tourism definition . The definition of responsible tourism, both in theory and practice, has been the subject of debate for many years. The problem lies with the inherent subjectivity surrounding the term responsible- what one person may think is 'responsible behaviour', another may not.

  3. Responsible tourism

    The Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism is the most comprehensive and oft-cited definition. The principal interest is to improve the communities in which hosts live, and in turn enhance the experiences for visitors. Therefore, it should "minimize negative impacts, generate wider benefits for the local people…, improve the working ...

  4. What Is Responsible Tourism?

    Definition of Responsible Tourism. Responsible tourism can be broadly defined as a way of traveling that takes into consideration the environmental, social, and economic impacts of tourism activities. It is a concept that encourages travelers to make conscious choices that minimize harm to the environment and benefit local communities and cultures.

  5. What is Responsible Tourism and Why You Should Care

    Responsible tourism is about minimizing the social, economic, and environmental effects of tourism on destinations worldwide. It is about making travel more sustainable for locals and tourists alike. ... Shortened from ecological tourism to ecotourism, it is closest in definition and practice to sustainable tourism. However, each one is ...

  6. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

    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.Addressed to governments, the travel industry, communities and tourists alike, it aims to help maximise the sector's benefits while minimising its potentially negative impact on the ...

  7. The Responsible Tourist

    Learn the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, a set of guidelines for responsible travel that aims to protect the rights and interests of all parties involved in tourism. The web page provides a user-friendly text and format of the leaflet "The Responsible Tourist and Traveller" and the latest revision of the Tips for a Responsible Traveller.

  8. Responsible Tourism

    2.2.1 Responsible Tourism. According to the Cape Town Declaration ()—promoted during the first International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations, held in Cape Town—responsible tourism takes a variety of forms but "it always identifies travels that:. Minimise negative environmental, social and cultural impacts; Generate greater economic benefits for local people and enhances ...

  9. PDF Part 1 Why Responsible Tourism?

    Responsible Tourism is one response to the challenge of sustainability for a particular area of consumption; it is about taking responsibility for making the consumption and production of tourism more sustainable. Sustainability is the goal: a goal which encompasses economic, social and environmental

  10. Responsible Tourism: The Key to Building Back a Better Industry

    Tourism must come back and it presents us with a choice: to return to business as usual (or worse, take backwards steps in progress), or to use sustainability as a core driver of our return. For all of our bottom lines, responsible tourism must lead the way to help tourism companies build back better. We say this not only as owners or managers ...

  11. What Is Responsible Tourism And Why is It Important?

    Responsible tourism is about minimising the negative impacts of travel and maximising the benefits for local communities, environments and wildlife. Learn what responsible tourism means, why it matters and how to practise it with examples from travellers and experts.

  12. Responsible Tourism

    Responsible tourism is the form of tourism in which the tourists, travel agencies , and the host destination can be maximized. The positive and negative impacts to environment, traditions and cultural heritage of the region, must be taken into account. Responsible tourism is rapidly growing of global trend.

  13. Responsible Tourism: what it is and how to do it

    As a matter of fact, tourism can create opportunities for sharing and awareness-raising of important social themes. This is the reason why it is necessary to develop this concept into a dualism between tourism and sustainability to coin an innovative definition of ecotourism, responsible tourism, and sustainable tourism

  14. What is Responsible Tourism?

    Responsible tourism by definition is "tourism that minimises negative social, economic and environmental impacts and generates greater economic benefits for local people.". You may have already heard the term being used in a different context e.g. sustainable tourism, ethical travel, responsible travel, impact travel - all these terms are ...

  15. The Who, What, and How of Responsible Tourism

    Myth 1: 'Responsible Tourism' Has No Clear Definition. While there may be various definitions of it, the core concept is to lessen the negative impacts and increase the positive ones. Myth 2: Responsible Tourism is Just About the Environment. As we've made clear in this article, responsible tourism is much more than protecting the ...

  16. The Responsible Tourism System

    The Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI) is an entity linked to UNESCO through a Memorandum of Understanding and an associated member of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as well as being a founding member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), an organization sponsored by the United Nations Foundation.It was conceived at the request of the UN following the first World ...

  17. Responsible Tourism: Protecting Oceans and Communities

    The United Nations World Tourism Organization (NWTO) states the definition of responsible 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. This includes the preservation of natural resources ...

  18. Definitions and Resources

    Responsible tourism is any form of tourism that can be consumed in a more responsible way. "Responsible tourism is tourism which: minimizes negative social, economic and environmental impacts. generates greater economic benefits for local people and enhances the well-being of host communities. improves working conditions and access to the ...

  19. What Is Responsible Travel?

    Responsible travel pertains to being socially, economically and environmentally aware when you travel. You understand how your actions can impact a destination and strive to ensure this impact is a positive one. In short, responsible travel is about taking responsibility for making tourism sustainable and how we address this challenge.

  20. Responsible Tourism: Definition, Benefits, and Examples

    Responsible tourism is a tourism approach that has emerged especially in recent years for preserving, improving, and transferring nature, local cultures, and human relations to the future. In addition to the elements of the tourism sector, it also includes tourists and travelers and aims to develop a responsible behavior model.

  21. Tourism Actors' Responsible Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review

    Abstract. Responsible tourism studies have neglected divergent tourism actors' contribution to sustainable tourism development via their behavior, as well as the impact of recent crises on research. Thus, a bibliometric and thematic analysis was conducted, involving an examination of 154 recent studies that were clustered around four research ...

  22. JRTM

    Journal of Responsible Tourism Management (JRTM) is a scholarly journal that aims to advance and disseminate cutting-edge knowledge pertaining to responsible tourism and hospitality based on theoretical argument, contemporary issues and rigorous reasoning in any developing destinations or regions. It serves as an avenue to converge the insights ...

  23. The Art Of Responsible Tourism: Travelers Can Be A Force For Good

    Responsible tourism exists under the umbrella of sustainability, which will continue to gain momentum this year in my opinion. The question is: How do we ensure a force multiplier effect?