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Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Destination Sustainability: Improving Lives and
Protecting Natural and Cultural Heritage
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…helping to make sustainability actionable
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OUR VISION
Goal: to improve the way tourism is managed and enhance competitiveness of 30 destinations across the Caribbean and Latin America by 2017
• Embed sustainability into the day-to-day management and marketing of destinations
• Protect cultural and natural assets• Improve the lives of 1.3 million residents
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PARTNERSThe SDAA is an innovative public-private partnership among leading organizations with a commitment to sustainable tourism development in the Americas.
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Rapid Destinati
on Diagnosti
c
Action Planning
Sustainability Communicatio
nsAnd
Storytelling
Capacity Building and
Training
Destination Monitoring
SystemSustained
Impact
INTEGRATED APPROACH
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THEMES ACROSS CARIBBEAN DESTINATIONS
SustainableTourismStrategy
DestinationManagement
Tourism ManagementOrganization
VisitorSatisfaction
ReponsesTo Climate
Change
SustainableTourism
StandardsPromotion
Safety and Security
CommunityInvolvementand Benefits
Community Engagement
EconomicMonitoring
Supportof Local
Enterprise
EquitableEmployment& Fair Wages
TourismAccessibility
Cultural and Natural Heritage Management
Heritage Protection
Recording& Properly
InterpretingNatural & Cultural
Heritage
VisitorManagementPlanning & Monitoring
Protection of Local Property
Rights
EnvironmentalConservation
Energy Water Solid WasteManagement
Air Quality& Pollution
Low-ImpactTransporta-tion
CoastalManagement
Biodiversity& Protected
Areas
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THEMES ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICAN DESTINATIONS
SustainableTourismStrategy
DestinationManagement
Tourism ManagementOrganization
VisitorSatisfaction
ReponsesTo Climate
Change
SustainableTourism
StandardsPromotion
Safety and Security
CommunityInvolvementand Benefits
Community Engagement
EconomicMonitoring
Supportof Local
Enterprise
EquitableEmployment& Fair Wages
TourismAccessibility
Cultural and Natural Heritage Management
Heritage Protection
Recording& Properly
InterpretingNatural & CulturalHeritage
VisitorManagementPlanning & Monitoring
Protection of Local Property
Rights
EnvironmentalConservation
Energy Water Solid WasteManagement
Air Quality& Pollution
Low-ImpactTransporta-tion
CoastalManagement
Biodiversity& Protected
Areas
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DESTINATION PERSPECTIVE
Antigua & BarbudaBahamasBarbadosDominicaHondurasJamaicaMexicoPanamaNicaragua
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Achievements to Date
Action projects have been identified in areas such as:
Community-based product development
New destination management
models
Water and waste
management
Destination stewardship councils are being established to sustain efforts in destinations over time.
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Seleni Matus
Vice President of Global ProgramsSustainable Travel International [email protected]
www.sustainabletravel.org
Thank you.