One side of COP16 event, organized jointly by the Ministry of tourism of the Mexico and WTO, ' tourism in climate change response: what next? has highlighted the progress made by the sector to mitigate its impact and to adapt to the challenges of today (Cancun Mexico, 6 December). Opening of the event, the President of the Mexico, Felipe Calderon, stated that "tourism is fully compatible with the environment", and the emphasis must be placed on "the environment call" tourism.
President Felipe Calderon, stressed that economic growth should not come at the expense of the decline of the environment, stressing tourism as a sector capable of growth and employment while mitigating and adapting to climate change.
"Our natural resources can and must co-exist with tourism," said Minister of tourism of the Mexico Gloria Guevara addressing participants. Ms. Guevara told the Mexico in a country with rich natural resources support a large part of his activity of tourism, in turn representing "9% of GDP and more than seven million direct and indirect the Mexico jobs". There must be no delay in the protection of biological diversity, in itself, but also to maintain the socio-economic contribution of the tourism, she said.
Side event, organized by the Ministry of tourism of the Mexico and the WTO, presented the work undertaken so far by tourism public and private sectors to reduce emissions greenhouse, to promote the adaptation in tourism businesses and destinations, to invest in new technologies and support developing funding. In particular, participants highlighted the vulnerability of certain tourist destinations in developing countries the devastating effects of climate change, ranging from sea-level rise and the destruction of coral reefs, the loss of services of tourism such as water supply and food security.
Recalling the importance of a holistic approach to tourism, aviation and climate change, Secretary General of WTO, Taleb Rifai said "destinations in development, dependent strongly international tourism revenue and employment, would be doubly affected, taking into account their distance from major markets and limited domestic market if exposed to more strict policy on aviation emissions." "We are particularly concerned by the potential duplication on travel, air travel emissions taxes".
International air transport has been chosen for separate treatment of mitigation of the framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC). It is essential to consider mitigation measures adopted in this regard will be significant impact on the tourism in its sector, particularly in developing countries.
In this context, WTO pointed out her work with the international civil aviation organization (ICAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to address aviation emissions at global level, hotel Energy Solutions, a project aimed at increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewables in the hotels of small and medium-sized.
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