World Tourism Day focuses on Tourism & Biodiversity

On the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27th September, 2010, the Union Minister of Tourism,
Kumari Selja administered a pledge to various stakeholders of the tourism, travel and hospitality industries
to abide by the Code of Conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism and to promote sustainable tourism.
The Pledge is a follow-up of the efforts of the Ministry of Tourism to take these two initiatives forward. The theme of World Tourism Day, 2010 was Tourism and Bio-diversity. 

With an increasing number of people travelling every year, the need is to focus on the preservation of human rights and sustainability of the Earth’s finite resources. In such a scenario, the oath-taking ceremony on the World Tourism Day, 2010 assumes even more significance. The Code of Conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism aims to strengthen the critical pillar of “Suraksha” which is one of the seven pillars outlined in the National Tourism Policy 2002.

The Code is a collaborative initiative of the Union Ministry of Tourism, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), India Chapter of Pacific Asia Travel Association and Save the Children India. The endeavour of the Ministry of Tourism is also to promote responsible tourism by following the principles of sustainable tourism. A two-day National Workshop was held by the Ministry of Tourism to develop the Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India. 

 

It will be developed taking into account the best practices followed across the world. A Steering Committee has been formed with representatives from various stakeholders from the tourism, travel and hospitality industries to evolve the criteria. The Hon`ble Minister of Tourism remarked that by taking the oath “we are, in effect, highlighting to the world, our sense of responsibility towards our guests and to Mother Earth. Read More India Tourism

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