Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable tourism is an industry committed to making a low impact on the environment and local culture while helping to generate future employment for local people. Those invested in sustainable tourism aim to ensure development is a positive experience for local people, tour companies, site operators, and tourists themselves.

Sustainable Tourism:
- Incorporates local people
- Invites entrepreneurship
- Encourages local investment
- Promotes local artisans and events
- Embraces community culture
- Honors everyone’s truth and experience
- Calls both local folks and visitors into being engaged
- Allows local folks to have input and work collaboratively with direct stakeholders
- Assists in maintaining accountability
- Embraces mutual respect, dialogue, and truth-telling