20. The tourist industry is the principal economic activity.

We train corporate travel agents for the travel industry.

Tourism

Tourism.

G. Tourism

45. There is ample potential for the development of a tourism industry in East Timor.

Sustainable consumption in tourism integrates sustainability issues in the selection of destinations and service providers and in the tourists' behaviour during their stay at the destination.

On E Tourism

The purpose of the Global Code of Ethics was to guide the various stakeholders on how tourism should move forward.

An important role in engaging tourism businesses is being played by tourism industry associations.

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

Eco tourism, cultural and natural heritage tourism, health and medical tourism and adventure tourism are some of the tourism niches that are increasingly marketed by destinations and tourism enterprises in developing countries.

The environmental impact of tourism is heavily influenced by the decisions taken by private sector investors and operators of tourism enterprises.

Tourism and the environment

C. Tourism

I. Tourism

D. Tourism

J. Tourism

F. Tourism

Tourism enterprises are also well placed to influence tourists in espousing environmentally and socially responsible behaviour during their holidays (even more crucial when the environmental and social contexts of the destinations are very different from those of the country of origin).

Contributing factors for the successful integration of local tourism enterprises into international tourism markets are adequate e tourism strategies that focus on tourism innovation in terms of tourism products and adoption of e business tools such as destination management systems.

4. Encourages the World Tourism Organization to promote effective follow up to the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders in the tourism sector

Hotel and catering trade

Ecological tourism development

J. Tourism

F. Tourism V. Social conditions

G. Tourism

38. The Government of Anguilla has increased its efforts to promote tourism and to diversify Anguilla s tourism product, which is proving a worthwhile investment.

Making tourism more sustainable a guide for policy makers.

It represents a growing distribution channel, complementary to traditional ones, for consumers, tourism enterprises such as hotels, transport companies, leisure companies and distributors, including travel agencies, tour operators and DMOs.

Effective marketing channels include destination management organizations and tourism boards, tour operators, guidebooks, media, certification schemes, travel fairs, such as the so called business to business (B2B) and business to consumers (B2C) fairs, internet retailers and consumers' organizations.

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The innovation process in the tourism industry

Sustainable tourism

(d) Women in tourism

Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

11. Welcomes the positive measures taken by the World Tourism Organization and professionals in the field of tourism to combat sex tourism, and encourages the reinforcement of such activities

In 2003, the Government continued to pursue diversification of the tourism industry through the Sports Tourism Taskforce.

In addition, the emergence of travel specific search engines has also amplified the aggregation of the travel industry and competition among the players.

With regard to B2B, DMSs provide tourism enterprises with the means to be better integrated into tourism supply chains by promoting personalized and enriched tourism experiences directly to a large number of consumers.

The systems should facilitate interoperability between local tourism enterprises and foreign brokers and tourism portals, including traditional tour operators, online agencies, Internet travel specific search engines or online intermediaries specialized in tourism niches.

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Tourism is also a major source of employment, supporting 74 million jobs directly according to a World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) estimate, and 215 million (8.1 per cent of the world total) if all the indirect economic effects of the sector are taken into account.

Global Code of Ethics for Tourism