ANNEX M

SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND TOURISM ETHICS: Tourism as an Instrument for Inclusive Growth and Economic Equity

10 June 2013, Sanur - Bali,

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Seminar on Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Ethics: Tourism as an Instrument for Inclusive Growth and Economic Equity aims to exchange ideas and best practices among FEALAC Member Countries as well as to establish networking among participants.

Seminar was attended by participants from FEALAC Member Countries (Brazil, , , Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Indonesia, , Korea, Lao PDR, , Peru, , ,) and international organizations (UNWTO, PATA, ACCOR, ECPAT, EATOF, INDECON), as well as Indonesia stakeholders.

Seminar has discussed 3 main topics, namely: 1. Public and Private Policy on Sustainable Tourism 2. Tourism Contributes to Poverty Alleviation 3. Strategic Role of Tourism in Women Empowerment, SMEs and Job Creation

For undertaking sustainable tourism development within the FEALAC Member Countries, Participants of the Seminar reached the following recommendation:

1. Recognise the importance of enacting the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) in national law and in undertaking sustainable tourism development. The ten principles of the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics cover the economic, social, cultural and environmental components of travel and tourism, aim at maximising the sector’s benefits while minimizing its negative impact on environment, cultural heritage and societies.

2. Acknowledge that tourism is indeed a promising sector for national development, as it has important role in promoting economic growth, poverty alleviation, and create job opportunities. The political will from the government assisted by the industries and communities is significant to develop sustainable tourism as guided by the GCET. The government has a role to formulate policies toward sustainable tourism and to promote green projects initiated by private sectors

and community organizations. There is also a need to promote green certifications in skill labors, business entrepreneurs, tourism destinations, etc.

3. Emphasize that the development of sustainable tourism based on tourism ethics within the FEALAC Member Countries should be encouraged and supported. The tourism ethics should be implemented at all levels both formal and informal ways, in all educational institution, government body as well as at family level. There is a need to promote a model role as an inspiration of adopting moral ethics for all elements in the society.

4. Strengthen partnership and participation to implement the GCET to achieve sustainable tourism. This can be done through public and private partnerships involving international organizations, governments, private sectors related to tourism and other sectors, NGOs and civil society organizations.

5. Underline tourism contribution to poverty alleviation; engage local people in tourism activities, so the benefits could be shared among the stakeholders especially the people participated in tourism. Tourism development is continuous efforts of capacity building and empowerment to enable the stakeholders to fulfill their needs of people’s quality of life.

6. Tourism has strategic role in women empowerment, SMEs and job creations. Tourism creates opportunities especially for women and youth to participate in many tourism businesses, not only as paid worker but also become entrepreneurs and owners of SMEs. Through education, women and youth have improved their knowledge and skills to enter better job and higher income. Women empowerment also means to create better family conditions and strengthen their community.

7. Tourism has contributions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – especially goals 1-poverty alleviation, 3-gender equality, 7-environmental sustainability and 8-global partnerships for development. Many efforts have been done in tourism and other sectors, now it is the time to synchronize the policies and synergize the actions to achieve the expected results of sustainable development worldwide.

Sanur, BALI, 10 June 2013