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How are you working to change local
practices for the better?
At first, we have to take into ac-
count how tourism can be seen to
directly support an economy. We need
to consider how tourism contributes
to government revenues through sec-
tor based income and business or ser-
vice taxes.
An understanding is also needed
of how tourism generates the employ-
ment of local people through its many
labour intensive sub-sectors such as
hotels, restaurants, and tour opera-
tions. Tourism also stimulates infra-
structure and investment and contrib-
utes to local economies including the
informal sector, such as street vendors
and informal guides.
The key challenge, however, is to
ensure tourism growth is not at the
long-term cost of a nation’s local peo-
ple, culture and its environment. Sus-
tainable tourism is generally seen as
one of the best ways for a country to
achieve this because of its triple bottom
line objectives of achieving economic
growth whilst protecting the local cul-
ture and society as well as the natural
environment.
The ESRT responsible tourism
capacity building seminars cover
the critical areas that impact upon
sustainability in tourism, including
product development, marketing and
communications, employment, capac-
ity building, supply chain manage-
ment, destination development, im-
pact monitoring, cultural and natural
heritage planning and management,
accommodation provision, food and
beverage operation, policy and plan-
ning, and community action.
How can the tourism industry expand
sustainably?
Responsible tourismdevelopment is
seen as the solution for balancing com-
petitive growth with sustainability and
encouraging business development,
while ensuring social development and
resource conservation. Achieving such
a future will depend greatly upon more
effective management of the sector,
and effective engagement of all stake-
holders in the process.
The ESRT programme emphasises
how destination governments, the
business sector, communities and tour-
ists can adopt and benefit from respon-
sible tourism with the help of prepared
resource materials, policies and strat-
egies, capacity building programmes,
awareness raising campaigns and the
facilitation of public private dialogue
forums, workshops and conferences
to generate a greater understanding
amongst all stakeholders of the social
and environmental impacts of tourism
and ways and means by which the neg-
ative impacts may be minimised and
positive impacts enhanced.
Recommended dishes range from
the appetizer Pan-seared Hawaii
Tuna with red wine, wasabi cream &
caviar, followed by main courses of
Boston Seaport Salmon Steak with
USDA New York Strip Steak on the
appealing dessert Washington Hot
Apple Crumble & Nuts with Sabayon
for a perfect dining experience.
Ground Floor - NORFOLK HOTEL
117 Le Thanh Ton St, Dist. 1, HCMC, Vietnam
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: (84-8) 3829 5368 Ext. 6614 -
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: (84-8) 3829 3415
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: corso@norfolkhotel.com.vn -
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: www.norfolkhotel.com.vn
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Norfolk Group