In developing one tourism destination, we need to find out whether the development consents with the sustainable tourism principle. This is important because without the sustainable principle, the destination might not be survive as an attraction to the visitors in a long time period. Some concepts have been initiated to help the destination managers (i.e. local governments) to apply the principles in the development process. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) from the United Nation however had proposed some indicators to let us know if sustainable tourism is already incorporated by the destination. Those indicators are shown in the following table:
Posted by Adrian Agoes
Adrian Agoes, MM.Par a post graduate on Tourism Administration is now a lecturer at a tourism school in Bandung. His experiences are vary from being a tour leader visiting remote places in Indonesia, to being a travel photographer.
