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WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COUNCIL (WTC) ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES
A clean, healthy environment is essential to future growth - it is core of the Travel & Tourism product.
The WTTC commends these guidelines to Travel & Tourism companies and to governments and asks that they be taken into account in policy formation:
- Travel & Tourism companies should state their commitment to environmentally compatible development.
- Targets for improvements should be established and monitored.
- Environmental commitment should be company-wide.
- Education and research into improved environmental programs should be encouraged.
- Travel & Tourism companies should seek to implement sound environmental principles through self-regulation, recognizing that national and international regulation may be inevitable that preparation is vital.
- Environmental improvement programs should be systematic and comprehensive.
They should aim to:
- Identify and continue to reduce environmental impact, paying particular attention to new projects.
- Pay due regard to environmental concern in design, planning, construction and implementation.
- Be sensitive to conservation of environmentally protected or threatened areas, species and scenic aesthetics, achieving landscape enhancement where possible.
- Practice energy conservation.
- Reduce and recycle waste.
- Practice fresh-water management and control sewage disposal.
- Control and diminish air emissions and pollutants.
- Monitor, control and reduce noise levels. Control and reduce environmentally unfriendly products, such as asbestos, CFCs, pesticides and toxic, corrosive, infectious, explosive or flammable materials.
- Respect and support historic or religious objects and sites.
- Exercise due regard for the interests of local populations, including their history, traditions and culture and future development.
- Consider environmental issues as a key factor in the overall development of Travel & Tourism destinations.
These guidelines have been prepared taking into account the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Business Charter for Sustainable Development.
Information Source
Prepared by WTTC
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