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Sustainable Tourism

In addition to supporting and promoting the PATA Foundation, PATA also advocates practices pertaining to sustainable development.

PATA’s Charter (Article IV) sets out the Association’s commitment to what is now called sustainable development:

“… to encourage and assist in the development of travel industries throughout Pacific Asia in a manner which recognises the urgent importance to practice an environmental ethic that supports responsible conservation and restoration of Pacific Asia’s unique combination of natural, social and cultural resources.”

Guided by the PATA Sustainable Tourism Committee, PATA’s development, research, communications and events activities often include references to, and discussions of, sound sustainable tourism concepts and practices.

For example, at the 50th PATA Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2001, PATA adopted and undertook to promote the APEC/PATA Code for Sustainable Tourism.

In addition, the PATA Traveller's Code was approved by the PATA Sustainable Tourism Committee at its April 13, 2002 meeting in New Delhi, India.

PATA and Green Globe 21, a worldwide benchmarking and certification body that facilitates sustainable travel and tourism for consumers, companies and communities, have agreed to work together to encourage PATA members to implement best practices.

Browse through the useful information linked from the news and resources page. Contributions and feedback are always welcome at sustainability@PATA.org.