1. Tourism and resource use A snapshot Stefanos Fotiou United Nations Environment Programme

2. Sustainable tourism development

3. The resource cycle in tourism Transportation Land use Water use Use of energy Waste Consumption of natural resources Production of tourism services Production of financial resources Consumption of tourism services Nature conservation Development Employment Local income

4. The main argument The sustainability of tourism development is depended mainly (but not only) on patterns of: Consumption of resources (natural, social, cultural, economic…); Consumption (use) of tourism products and services Consumption oriented problems to be addressed with production based solutions AND behavioural change

5. The needs Measure the impacts (qualitative and quantitative approach) Develop a policy framework for sustainable tourism Create tools for governments, the industry and the consumers Implementation

6. UNEP’s response Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria Tourism Sustainability Council Sustainable Investment and Finance in Tourism (SIFT) Green Passport Campaign ENVIROTEL tool Tourism and natural disasters Sustainable coastal tourism ……………………………

7. The workshop’s issues Energy Efficiency in the Tourism sector The business case Local benefits Working with communities

8. Sustainable tourism and economic efficiency Decrease the cost of handling the impacts Increase profits Conserve the assets of the tourism development Assure future profits Diversify the tourism products and thus target new markets Generate new profits

9. Thank you for your kind attention stefanos.fotiou@unep.org