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This meeting was an opportunity to discuss issues relating to the sector in the region, including tourism and ethics, sustainability, tourism and security, and the International Organization ST-EP, which was established in 2002 at the World Summit, on sustainable development in Johannesburg.
Haddad recalled the opportunity for Africa to integrate the principles of sustainable development to tourism policy, noting that there is a need to consider these issues of sustainability in all of the life cycles of the levels of the tourism product in an approach that engages stakeholders.
In this respect, Morocco has proposed the adoption of a ‘Sustainable Tourism African Charter’ in anticipation of its signature by the African Ministers of Tourism at the COP22 in Marrakech. The adoption of the African Charter of Sustainable Tourism will capitalize on the experience of Morocco in particular through the draft Charter of Sustainable Tourism Moroccan which was adopted on January 25 in Rabat at the first edition of the Moroccan Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Day. The proposal also embodies the positioning of Morocco as a tourism sustainability leader in the region.
The efforts made by Morocco for sustainable tourism has been recognized internationally and has won awards at the African level with a Silver Award at the 2nd edition of the African Responsible Tourism Awards in Cape Town, on the occasion of World Travel Market Africa for the ‘Best for Public Sector Policy/Support’.
The Ministry of Tourism had prior to this meeting contributed to the investigation of the UNWTO on the implementation of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and showed support as a co-lead author of the draft resolution on the code cited above.
Haddad reaffirmed the commitment of the Ministry of Tourism to strengthen its mobilization for the promotion of an active culture of sustainability through its commitment of the sustainable tourism program derived from the decennial programming framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) and supporting the implementation of its work program.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in