Guide to Sustainable Tourism. Challenges and Criteria for Evaluation in the Tourism Sector
The tourism sector has a key role to play in achieving the 2030 Agenda: it represents more than 10% of global GDP, is directly responsible for 14% of global emissions and 1 in 11 people work in this sector. Tourism is a fundamental sector for the world's economy and therefore, can and must contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In October 2019, the Spanish branch of the Sustainable Development Solutions Nework (SDSN Spain / REDS) published the "Guide for sustainable tourism. Challenges and criteria for evaluation in the tourism sector", in collaboration with the Responsible Tourism Institute, an international organisation that has been promoting sustainable tourism globally for more than 20 years. This guide is intended to be a practical and useful tool for assessing the 17 SDGs in the tourism sector. With these guidelines, both the destinations and the tourism companies will be able to verify whether they meet the necessary requirements to be considered sustainable. The publication was officially presented at the conference "Challenges for the Tourism Sector in the face of the 2030 Agenda" held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2019.
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