Subject guides: Tourism Topics Guide: Responsible/Sustainable Tourism

What is Responsible Travel?

Cape Town Declaration
2002 document which outlines the characteristics of responsible travel.
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
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.

Who are the responsible tourists?
University of Cambridge study presented in a PowerPoint.

Tourism and Sustainable Community Development in Nepal
Thesis, April 2012.
Tourism in the Developing World : Promoting Peace and Reducing Poverty
United States Institute of Peace, Special Report 2009.
Tourism Issues in the Pacific
eJournal of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies, Issues 1.2 and 2.1, April 2010.

Ethical Traveler
Ethical Traveler is a nonprofit organization, founded to “empower travelers to change the world.”
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Global Sustainable Tourist Alliance
The Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance (GSTA) is a partnership of leading organizations in the sustainable tourism field working together with USAID Missions to apply a holistic and market-driven approach to sustainable tourism development.
Green Passport
United Nations Environment Programme initiative: the Green Passport provides travellers with information on planning hoildays for a living planet.
The International Centre for Responsible Tourism
World Tourism Organisation UNWTO
News and information on issues in tourism, including climate change and tourism, tourism and poverty alleviation.
World Travel & Tourism Council
WTTC works to raise awareness of Travel & Tourism as one of the world's largest industries, supporting 255 million jobs and generating 9 per cent of world GDP.

Ecotourism : a practical guide for rural communities Ecotourism -- Australia
Rural development -- Australia
Call Number: 338.4791 BEE
Sustainable tourism : theory and practice "Sustainable Tourism comprehensively examines the theoretical and applied dimensions of contemporary sustainable tourism from a global perspective. Using International case studies and examples, it provides cutting edge coverage of the latest developments in the area, both theoretically and practically. It takes the reader through all aspects of sustainable tourism from the emergence of the paradigm to sustainability issues in all types of tourism and all components of the industry."--BOOK JACKET.
Call Number: 338.4791 WEAV

Emerging tourism markets Investigates four new tourism markets in Australia: adventure tourism, ecotourism, indigenous tourism and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions)
Call Number: 338.479194 EMER
Maximum return, minimum footprint : an ecotourism case study Introduction -- Defining ecotourism -- Ecotourism accreditation -- Theory vs practice -- Benefits for local communities -- Planning & management of ecotourism -- Conclusion.
"Ecotourism is a relatively new term used to describe tourism related activities which are managed within a sustainable manner. Many definitions of ecotourism exist, which can cause confusion concerning when and how to use the term. Visiting two leading tourist destination, Phillip Island Nature Park and Mount Hotham Alpine Resort, this program discusses the needs of the ecotourist, the process of accreditation and the associated benefits for all."--Container.
Call Number: 338.47919452 MAXI

Amazon Interactive : The EcoTourism Game
In this game, you can try your hand at developing an ecotourism project in the Amazon. Can you make ecotourism sustainable?
Ecotourism and Sustainable Development : Who Owns Paradise?
E-book.
UN agency welcomes General Assembly’s adoption of resolution on ecotourism
United Nations News Agency, 3 January 2013.
What is Ecotourism?
This website has not been updated since 2007 but contains useful definitions and an examination of ecotourism.