Sustainable Tourism / tourism : Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge à Majunga s’y est engagé !
Since September 2013, Thanks to the ONTM (Office national tourism of Madagascar), Richard Bohan consultant tourism sustainable, the IRCOD (The Regional Cooperation Development Institute is an association of local law created in 1986 with the support of the Region of Alsace, which brings together around 100 local authorities who participate alongside other institutions and Alsatian associations in cooperation actions in the countries of the South), la région Boeny s’engage pour un tourisme durable ET l’Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge à Majunga en est un acteur convaincu.
The Charter for sustainable tourism in the Boeny region and Majunga is finally underway !
What are we talking about ?
What is meant by sustainable tourism / tourism ?
Here are some answers that can only inspire us to join with all our strength !
Sustainable tourism describes generally all forms of alternative tourism that respect, conserve and sustainably develop heritage resources (natural, cultural and social) territory to the attention of tourists greeted, in order to minimize the negative impacts they may generate.
Eco-tourism is just one of the forms, more focused on the discovery of ecosystems, agrosystems or ethnocultural aspects of biodiversity, including proximity tourism which seeks to reduce its ecological footprint.
A European working group has defined the concept of "sustainable tourism" as seeking to "reconcile the economic objectives of tourism development with maintaining the base of resources to its existence..
More precisely, It is tourism which ensures a registered economic development sustainable in the long term, at the same time respectful of resources environmental and sociocultural and respectful men, visitors, sector employees and host populations..
Sustainable tourism is so dynamic that articulates modes of travel, production and consumption eco-responsible, While closely involving the people who live, work or stay in the space concerned the tourism development project and the socio-economic benefits, equitably distributed.
This development requires planning and integrated management of resources, a control of flows (energy, of goods and persons) and which therefore implies the close involvement of local actors, and eco-responsibility of the tourists, in order to reconcile the implementation of tourism with the needs and capacity of the territory.
Therefore, sustainable tourism should :
1. exploit the resources of environment optimum way which constitute a key element of the tourist development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to safeguard natural resources and biodiversity ;
2. enforce the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, keep their built and living cultural assets and their traditional values and contribute to the agreement and intercultural tolerance ;
3. ensure a viable economic activity in the long term, offering to all stakeholders of the socio-economic benefits equitably distributed, including stable employment, benefits and opportunities of social services for host communities, and thus contributing to the reduction of poverty. »
YES, YES, 1000 times Yes !
Adhere.
