Tourism has the potential to lead the shift towards a circular and regenerative blue economy, the UN Oceans Conference has been told.
UNWTO centred the discussions on tourism in a special Tourism Ocean Action side event of the Conference, held this week in Lisbon. Organized alongside the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme and in collaboration with the governments of Portugal and Kenya, the discussions highlighted the strong incentive that tourism provides for ocean conservation.
As part of its responsible recovery, tourism needs to play a more active role in protecting coastal and marine environments
Tourism’s role in coastal conservation
Addressing the Conference, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: “Our wellbeing…
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