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United
States
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Western Summit
on Tourism
and Public Lands,
White Paper on Environment
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the next step following the White House Conference on Travel and
Tourism, the
Western
State
's Tourism Policy Council convened the
Western Summit
on Tourism and
Public
Lands
in September of 1996. Egret
Communications authored the White Paper on the Environment, one
of only five white papers presented at the conference, and the
basis for discussions on tourism and the environment.
The
Summit
led to a Memo of Understanding among the Western States Tourism
Policy Council, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States Department of Defense, United States Department of the
Interior, United States Department of Transportation, and United
States Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and support
the implementation of the National Tourism Strategy and the
recommendations of the
Western Summit
. The Memorandum of Understanding among the partners focuses on
using environmentally sensitive approaches to the development of
tourism. |
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