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APEC Adopts Declaration on Responsible Tourism

By pkher

Tourism ministers from 18 APEC member states met on 9-10^th April 2008 in order to further a ?commitment towards responsible tourism in the Asia Pacific region? and adopted the Pachacamac Declaration. The Declaration acknowledged tourism as an important service sector, providing income and employment to numerous people in the member states. The Declaration emphasized cooperation between the Tourism Working Group (TWG) members, awareness of tourism, and the economic role of tourism as key objectives. The group also agreed to bring corporate responsibility, environment responsibility, climate change and indigenous tourism within the sphere of ?responsible tourism?. For the complete text of the Pachacamac Declaration, click here.

Full post as published by Harvard International Law Journal Digest on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).