{"id":6777,"date":"2015-09-28T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T12:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:05:26","slug":"will-new-sustainable-development-goals-really-drive-sustainable-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/will-new-sustainable-development-goals-really-drive-sustainable-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Will new Sustainable Development Goals really drive sustainable tourism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6778\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDGs-main-image.png\" alt=\"SDGs main image\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDGs-main-image.png 700w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDGs-main-image-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDGs-main-image-235x100.png 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>In three of their 169 targets, the United Nations\u2019 proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/focussdgs.html\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> address sustainable tourism \u2014 behind which is a strategic yet little discussed effort to promote development from within a given locale. Although the General Assembly has in the past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/69\/233\" rel=\"nofollow\">recognized<\/a> the value of sustainable tourism as a tool to eradicate poverty, this is the first time specific objectives have been attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>So what difference will this make?<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>The targets that relate to sustainable tourism pinpoint job creation, promotion of local culture, evaluation of the impact of sustainable tourism and improvement in the effective use of marine resources.<\/li>\n<li>World Travel and Tourism Council <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wttc.org\/-\/media\/files\/reports\/economic%20impact%20research\/regional%202015\/world2015.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">data<\/a> shows that global contribution from travel and tourism to the world\u2019s GDP was $7.6 billion, or 9.8 percent of the total, in 2014. It is expected to rise by 3.7 percent in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Marie-Danielle Samuel, co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yachaywasi-ngo.org\/\">Yachay Wasi<\/a>, a Peruvian-focused NGO, said that indigenous peoples and local communities are largely left out of the document \u2014 which hinders attempts to properly define sustainable tourism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2015\/09\/u-n-tackles-sustainable-tourism-sort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the original article on Triple Pundit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/focussdgs.html\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> on the UN website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some are lauding the focus on tourism in UN&#8217;s new goals as turning point for industry. 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