RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

Cape Town’s journeyA PRESENTATION BY MARIETTE DU TOIT-HELMBOLD, CEO CAPE TOWN TOURISM

March 2013

RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

AND CITIESA PRESENTATION BY MARIETTE DU TOIT-HELMBOLD, CEO CAPE TOWN TOURISM

March 2013

Cape Town - place of beauty and inspiration

One of the places of a lifetime

Biodiversity hotspot

Cape Town tells the tale of two cities

Tourism has increasingly been recognised for its potential to contribute to poverty reduction.

Cape Town Declaration signed in 2002

If we are to successfully continue to grow our tourism sector towards job creation and skills development, we have to protect the very thing that has created tourism demand; the environment and our local communities

2009: Signing of Responsible Tourism Charter

Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award

Responsible Tourism Pilot ProjectV&A Waterfront: sustainable energy

Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) and AWOL Tours

Transport: The Green Cab

Sustainable practice and responsible tourismshould be a way of life

There is a long road ahead to travel, but we are well on our way

We will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will only understand what we are taught. - Baba Dioum

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