Meeting papers

      WORD                                DEFINITION                               SOURCE

Responsible           Tourism that aims to make better places for           Source: Cape Town
Tourism               people to live in and better places for people to     Declaration, 2002
                      visit by minimizing negative economic,                (World Summit on
                      environmental, and social impacts, and generating     Sustainable
                      grater benefits for local communities.                Development)

Sustainable           A set of 17 overarching goals adopted by the          Source: UN World
Development           United Nations in 2015 as a call for action by all    Tourism Organization
Goals (SDGs)          countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to         (now UN Tourism),
                      promote prosperity while protecting the planet.       “Sustainable
                                                                            Development”
                      The SDGs recognise that ending poverty must go        webpage, 2022
                      hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic
                      growth and address a range of social needs,
                      including education, health, social protection, and
                      job opportunities while tackling climate change
                      and environmental protection.

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XTBYMfZyrM&t=38s



Sustainable Tourism   A type of tourism that takes full account of its      Source: Global
(also known as        current and future environmental, social and          Sustainable Tourism
Responsible           economic impacts, addressing the needs of             Council (GSTC), “GSTC
Tourism)              visitors, the industry, the environment and host      Destination Criteria”,
                      communities.                                          2021

                      Achieving sustainable tourism requires wide
                      participation and consensus building
                      through strong political leadership and the
                      informed participation of all interested parties.
                      Sustainable tourism practices can be applied
                      across all parts of the tourism system, from
                      destinations to individual businesses.

                      They can be applied in all tourism settings
                      including rural and urban locations. Responsible
                      tourism is a synonym.

                      For the Noosa Destination Management Plan this
                      is about “Doing no further harm to the natural,
                      cultural, social and economic systems”. Noosa
                      is already committed to this standard.

Transformation        Purposeful change, guided by community values,        Source: Noosa Shire
                      to do what is right for Noosa – strengthening it’s    Council, Economic
                      social, environmental, and economic resilience.       Development Branch,
                                                                            2025


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