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The
World Congresses on Tourism For the Environment were interactive
meetings designed to bring together leaders from around the
world in conservation, travel, government, science, and the
communities affected by tourism.
Organized by the Jacana Trust, and coordinated by Egret
Communications, these meetings were designed to bring these
groups into open discussion so that travel can directly
contribute to the protection of natural and cultural resources
and so that tourism can be developed and operated more
sustainably.
The
Third World Congress on Tourism for the Environment (in
Puerto
Rico
)
brought together representatives from more than 40 nations, to
discuss sustainable tourism development and the reduction of
impacts from conventional tourism.
This unique meeting featured field seminars spread across
the island, focusing on such diverse topics as Limiting Impacts
on Sensitive Environments, Tourism Inside Refuges, Protected
Areas and Development, Visitors and Sea Turtles, Greening
Traditional Hotel Operations, and Sensitive Tourism in
Subterranean Environments.
The World Congress had significant impact on
Puerto
Rico
.
The Governor, the Director of Tourism, and the Secretary
of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in
presentations to the congress, committed to reduce impacts from
existing tourism and to tie tourism's growth to environmental
stewardship. Partnerships
forged in the process of developing the congress continue to tie
various agencies, NGO's, and private sector interests together
to work toward sustainable solutions.
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