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Wrap Up - Special: Perspectives for 3 rd SIDS Conference in Samoa and for Enhancing International Cooperation and Sustainable development (15:45~16:30). small but growing populations, remoteness from the center of world economy,
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Wrap Up - Special: Perspectives for 3rd SIDS Conference in Samoa and for Enhancing International Cooperation and Sustainable development (15:45~16:30)
small but growing populations, • remoteness from the center of world economy, • limited natural resources and low ecological carrying capacity with fragile environment susceptible to natural disasters • excessive dependence on imported goods and services • increased socio-economic vulnerability to external shocks. What to do?
What would be an • economically viable, • environmentally sound, • socially inclusive, • and further, ecologically resilient tourism development in SIDS…
“SIDS have not received adequate support from the international community for assessing the overall impact of the economic, social and ecological aspects of tourism in order to plan sustainable tourism and to further develop eco- and cultural tourism.” from para. 47, Outcome of the Inter-regional preparatory meeting, Barbados, August 2013, for the 3rd SIDS Conference : The sustainable development of SIDS through genuine and durable partnerships)
following work components could be considered by the participants in immediate: WC1: Stock taking national tourism market analysis based on the existing materials and resources WC2: Development of economically viable environmentally sound, socially inclusive and ecologically resilient criteria of tourism development WC3: Development of integrated sustainability impact assessment (ISIA) tools of tourism development WC4: Institutionalization of ISIA within the national tourism management system