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Malcolm Bell Director South West Tourism Britain's Most Popular Holiday Region EC Tourism Sustainability Group • Established in 2004 • Representatives from Industry, Stakeholders and Destinations • 2004-2007 Development of Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Report • 2007 adoption at Algarve European Tourism Forum • 2009 Working Groups – W/G A Sustainable Tourism Indictors Indicators - The Challenges • Gaining Agreement on which indicators are core • Ensure they cover all three pillars • Establishing which are practical and achievable • Can procedures be developed for those that do not exist yet • Gaining partners to pilot • Evaluating application and results etc • Review, refine and disseminate The Prize • To set Destination level targets • Use for Regional/National Bodies • A Benchmarking system • Measuring progress • Trend analysis possible • Assist in the justification of public investment in tourism management • Plus Sources of Data • Official Statistics/source • Visitor Surveys • Business Surveys • Host Community Surveys • New techniques The Indicators 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Tourism Volume and Value Tourism Enterprise Performance Customer Satisfaction Community and Social Impact Quantity and Quality of Employment 6. Gender Equality 7. Equality and Accessibility The Indicators 8. Reducing Transportation Impact 9. Climate Change 10.Sustainable Tourism Management Practices 11.Solid Waste Management 12.Water Management 13.Energy Usage The Indicators 14. Sewage Treatment 15. Landscape and Biodiversity Protection 16. Light and Noise Management 17. Inclusive Management Practices 18. Development Control 19. Tourism Supply Chain 20. Protecting and enhancing local cultural identity and assets Next Steps • Produce final list for presentation at the Euro meeting in Florence in early Nov 2009 • Appoint “expert” to support the piloting phase • Utilise the EDEN network to pilot the use of the indicators, plus other destination who are interesting in this work Malcolm Bell Director South West Tourism Britain's Most Popular Holiday Region [email protected]