On the Sustainable Social Tourism Summit (León, 30 August – 2 September), UNWTO welcomed new high-level signatories to the Glasgow Declaration on Local weather Motion in Tourism. The Secretariats of State for Tourism of Ciudad de Mexico, Queretaro, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Nuevo Leon, all signed as much as the landmark declaration, designed to information tourism to Internet-Zero emissions by 2050 on the newest. They be part of the Secretariat of State of Tourism of Guanajuato which signed up on the COP27 United Nations local weather change convention in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The Secretary of State of Tourism of Guanajuato, Mr. Juan José Álvarez Brunel, heads the Sustainability Coordination of the Nationwide Affiliation of Secretaries of tourism of Mexico A.C. (ASETUR) and led the dialogue of local weather motion in tourism at sub-national stage since changing into a signatory.
I vastly recognize the help of my counterparts working for nationwide tourism and the dedication to undertake local weather change actions by the Glasgow Declaration. We have now the honour to have the assist of the UNWTO on this essential occasion. Mr. Juan José Álvarez Brunel
A Round Economic system of Plastics in Focus
Throughout the Summit, a brand new spherical of personal sector stakeholders have been additionally welcomed as signatories of the International Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI) – one other lighthouse initiative led by the United Nations Setting Programme (UNEP) and UNWTO throughout the framework of the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme. The signature displays one of many outcomes of the Challenge Caribe Round, led by the German Company for Worldwide Cooperation (GIZ) in collaboration with Sustentur. This joint effort introduced the overall of the GTPI signatories to 200 organizations.
New signatories span throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Belize and embrace resort chains (Las Brisas Huatulco, Grupo Lomas Journey, Karisma Lodges & Resorts, Grupo Presidente), impartial inns (Breathless Cancun Soul Resort and Spa, Boca Olas Resort & Villas/Dale Dale Café, Lodge Gran Costa Azul, Manzanillo Caribbean Resort, Pargos Restaurante y Lodge, Roca Sunzal, Sunbreeze Lodge, Lodge Hacienda Tijax, TreeCasa Lodge & Resort Nicaragua, Vega Inn and Backyard, Victoriano), tour operators (Verde Sentir) and different tourism stakeholders (Asociación Nacional de Cadenas Hoteleras).
Collaborative Method to Sustainable Consumption and Manufacturing
UNWTO is main the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme and cooperates carefully with UNEP and to speed up the implementation of SDG 12, consistent with the International Technique on Sustainable Consumption and Manufacturing 2030 which highlights the significance of collective approaches at nationwide and sub-national stage.
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