Position statement
On behalf of the Chairman of the Green Leaf Foundation, Thailand which has closely collaborated with 6 major organizations as follows:
1. Tourism Authority of Thailand
2. Thai Hotels Association
3. United Nations Environment Program
4. Demand Side Management Office of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
5. Association for the Development of Environmental Quality, and
6. Metropolitan Water works Authority
Due to the past experience of environmental crisis, the government tries to be active and alert in the hotel and tourism industries, and tourists, have more awareness and concern about prevention of environmental problems (Bohdanowicz, 2006). Presently, the demanding tourists are a key factor that underpins and prevents the success of sustainable hotels and tourism industry. We can see now from increasing of customer’s target in green hotels by 73%, while 71 % showed willingness to stay in a hotel that implemented environmental strategies (Gustin and Weaver, 1994; Wahab and Pigram 1997). Therefore, the organizational policies are designed for the development of quality environmental management in the hospitality industry and motivate increasing the members of Green Leaf foundation in the future. Committees of Green Leaf Foundation organized the Green leaf plan which has realized environmental management. There is a setting of environmental assessment, by appointing an audit group that measures the standard of hotels’ operation efficiency on environmental management. The objectives of the Green Leaf Foundation are as follows:
- Support and encourage acquisition of knowledge for comprehensive understanding of environmental management
- Hotel owners and operators in the tourism industry can...
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Strengths: This entry of the book is pretty up to date as it is published in 2017. That supports its reliability as well as its credibility. Moreover, it outlines that climate change and tourism are linked to each other and also affect each other.
The report presents an overview of the national and international tourism policies that have been drafted and implemented throughout the years. I will compare and contrast the Maltese Tourism Policy (2006 & 2012) with the British Tourism Policy (2011). Goeldner and Ritchie (2009) identify a tourism policy as a set of regulations, rules, guidelines, directives, and development/promotion objectives and strategies that provide a framework within which the collective and individual decisions affecting long-term tourism development and the daily activities within a destination are taken”. The main purpose of any tourism policy is to generate income and create employment. In fact, tourism is one of the crucial generators of income all around the world. In this case, the two countries; Malta and England are largely dependent on this industry so it is of particular importance that they adapt an effective policy.
There is not really a universally accepted definition of tourism. In 1994 the World Tourism Organization (WTO) revised its definition. It says the tourism comprises of 'the activities of persons travelli...
According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), three dimensions are necessary to guarantee the long-term sustainability of tourism. It should make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintain essential ecological processes and help conserve natural heritage and biodiversity, respect the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, conserve their built and living cultural heritage and traditional values, and contribute to inter-cultural understanding and tolerance; and ensure viable, long-term economic operations, providing socio-economic benefits to all stakeholders that are fairly distributed, including stable employment and income-earning opportunities and social services to host communities, and contributing to poverty
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Cyprus is divided into two parts; one under the control of Greek and the other part is under the control of Turkish Cypriot these have different types of tourism rules and regulation. The tourism sector plays an important role in the economy of any country. The tourism sector is a vast sector and it is not limited to any specific thing. it has many benefits which include boosting the country economy and also creating a good lifestyle for the people. Certifies with specific websites advisors based on the guest reviews. The hotel sector is one of tourism that plays an important role and attracts customers from many other countries (Soad, Ercan & Kyle 2017). It also provides different types of facilities like Accommodation and services guest
In this scenario, I propose to do my research on, “Prospects of sustainable tourism in Oman.” The study will evaluate the prospect of sustainable tourism in Oman, how can sustainable tourism be successfully implemented in Oman. The current status, growth of tourism in Oman, the contributing factors for growth, issues faced at various levels, will be studied and analyzed to propose the
Tourism has been described as a global activity with local implications. We are all aware of the tourism potential to boost economic diversity and growth within their regions. The decentralized nature of t...
The economy can be clearly identified as the most beneficial aspect of tourism. “According to recent statistics, tourism provides about 10% of the world’s income and employs almost one tenth of the world’s workforce” (Mirbabayev, 2007). In Australia alone, Tourism contributed $87.3 billion in 2012, and employed 908,434 (7.9%) people (Kookana & Duc Pham, 2013). Tourism is “one of the most profitable and rapidly developing industries in the world” (Popushoi, 2004). Every year the number of tourists increase dramatically and consequently the revenues from tourism will increase substantially.
In the more economically developed countries (MEDCs), synonymous mainly with the industrialised countries of the northern hemisphere there, has been an explosion in the growth of leisure and tourism industry, which is now believed to be the worlds second largest industry in terms of money generated. In order to differentiate between leisure and tourism it should be recognised that leisure often involves activities enjoyed during an individual’s free time, whereas tourism commonly refers to organised touring undertaken on a commercial basis. Development in the two areas could be attributed to changing patterns in working lives within the last four decades. Generally, people now have more disposable wealth, work shorter hours, receive longer, paid annual leave, retire earlier and have greater personal mobility. In addition, according to Marshall & Wood (1995), the growth of the tourist industry per se can be associated, in part, with the concentration of capital; the emergence of diversified leisure based companies, sometimes within wider corporate conglomerates and often associated with particular airlines. Furthermore, the development of tourism can generate employment both directly, in jobs created in the hotels, restaurants etc, and indirectly, through expenditure on goods and services in the local area. Nevertheless, although the tourist industry is competitive, which essentially keeps down the cost of foreign travel, the success of tourism in any one area can be ‘influenced by weather, changing consumer tastes, demographics, economic cycles, government policy, not to mention international terrorism and other forms of conflict.’(1) Although such factors may have a detrimental affect on the economy of a popular tourist destination (or even tourism in general, in light of September 11th 2001), the consequence of tourism in general is often three fold: environmental, social and cultural, which in turn has prompted a search for new ‘friendly’ approaches that are less destructive.