Sustainable Tourism Law

WORLD CHARTER FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM +20 499 Linked to the structure, these stakeholders should promote an inclusive and accessible tourism for all 31 . This point has special importance because it communicates with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32 and makes it possible to meet the needs of all tourists, including disabled tourists. Another responsibility of these stakeholders is to respect the carrying capacity of the destinations to avoid the so-called overtourism , thus preserving the quality of tourism and especially the quality of life of the local residents 33 . Education and cultural heritage are another two aspects related to this group. It is indicated that these stakeholders ensure the transmission of inter-generational knowledge, especially of values such as sustainability with the aim of maintaining the cultural heritage of the local population. Besides this initiative, educational and outreach activities for tourism and sustainable development have been suggested. This aspect focuses on the necessity of a formal and informal education, using tourism and sustainability as examples worthy of attention of how to use the natural resources with responsibility 34 . iii.2.3. Tourism Industry The tourism industry has an important role in this broad effort towards a more sustainable tourism trade and service. The first point to be mentioned is the necessity to create, develop and implement sustainable tourism products and services by respecting the localnatural, cultural andintangibleheritage.Thegoal isnotdepreciating the local cultural identity in comparison with other cultures around the world. An important and broad course of action is making the field of tourism greener and more sustainable, with a large number of practices to achieve this objective being indicated. The first one is to reduce waste generation in tourism activities through prevention, recycling and reuse 35 , as well as improving the water quality to reduce consumption and to avoid pollution. 31 KWAN, Crystal; DROLET, Julie. Towards age-inclusive sustainable development goals: exploring the potential role and contributions of community development. Community Development Journal , v. 50, n. 4, p. 589-607, 2015. p. 592-596. 32 UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/61/106. 33 HOLDEN, Andrew. Mass tourism and the environment: issues and dilemmas. In: HARRISON, David; SHARPLEY, Richard (org.). Mass tourism in a small world . Wallingford: CABI, 2017. p. 77-78. 34 MOSCADO, Gianna; Murphy, Laurie. Educating destination communities for sustainability in tourism. In: MOSCADO, Gianna; BENCKENDORFF, Pierre (org.). Education for sustainability in tourism: a handbook of processes, resources and strategies . Heidelberg: Springer, 2015. p. 144-148. 35 On linkages between possibly affected Human Rights and waste, see: GROSZ, Mirina. Sustainable waste trade under WTO law: chances and risks of the legal framework’s regulation of transboundary movements of wastes . Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011. p. 212-214 and 226-234.