Steering Committee formed to promote Sustainable Tourism in India

14th Aug 2010

According to a PIB release, all stakeholders in the tourism sector in the country have agreed to adopt the Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India. The agreement was evolved at a recently held Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India in New Delhi by Ministry of Tourism (MoT) on the behest of Kumari Selja, Union Minister of Tourism. Internationally renowned experts were also present including Dr Stefanos Fotiou, Regional Coordinator of Resource Efficiency and Sustainable, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme).

The criteria were developed on the basis of existing ‘Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria’ (GSTC). Since the GSTC had codes for only hotel and tour operator sectors the stakeholders at the conference have decided to extend it to other sectors of tourism industry and a steering committee has been constituted to evolve the Sustainable Tourism criteria for India, which will be formally adopted and has representation of major stakeholders.

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