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Sustainable Tourism Bank Watch Report
November 2004
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RECENT NEWS
Global
Donor Community Makes Sustainable Tourism a New Priority
"The first World Tourism Organization Tourism Policy Forum
was held at The George Washington University on October 19-20
in Washington, D.C. This forum convened a variety of experts
in the field of sustainable tourism and featured a full day
of presentations by leading representatives of the global donor
community who presented their planned approaches toward sustainable
tourism."
Role
of Sustainable Tourism In Furthering USAID's Mission
"Tourism development is being effectively and increasingly
utilized not only for achieving economic growth and poverty
reduction goals, but also as a valuable tool for other USAID
objectives relating to sustainable natural resource management,
biodiversity conservation and local governance. While supporting
economic growth and competitiveness is a critical need, it is
also imperative to help to protect and enhance the natural resources
that most of the world's poor look to for their livelihoods."
Conversation
with Roberta Hilbruner, Sustainable Tourism Working Group, USAID
by Megan Epler Wood
In the past four years, USAID has incorporated sustainable tourism
into 98 projects in 72 countries. The missions are responding
to interest from the countries and are recognizing that sustainable
tourism can put other needs in context -- particularly sustainable
economic growth.
World
Bank Talking Points
"Bank's core business is poverty reduction; tourism is
a valid contributor because it is an important source of employment,
environmental stewardship, and cultural preservation."
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by international financial institutions (IFIs) including the
World
Bank, the Inter-american
Development Bank, USAID
and others.
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