Form of inscription - Ced Travel

Tourism and Culture Initiatives Online Global Registry

The Online Global Registry is a joint research initiative conducted by researchers from leading academic institutions across the world.

Its goals are to:

Develop and disseminate knowledge in the field of tourism and culture synergies.
Enhance awareness and visibility for tourism and culture initiatives conducted by local and regional destination stakeholders.

Our definition of tourism and culture is very broad. It encompasses, amongst others, traditional festivals, commemorative celebrations, events highlighting tangible or intangible heritage, aboriginal traditions, religious holidays, etc.

As soon as the Online Global Registry is available, the access link will be sent to the email address provided in Part C – Respondent Profile section.

Scientific committee members are researchers from the following academic institutions: *CETT-Estudis d’Hoteleria I Turisme (Spain); *George Washington University (United States of America); Guangzhou University (China); Ryerson University (Canada); *Universidad de Las Palmas (Spain); Université Caddi Ayyad (Morocco); Université de Douala (Cameroun); *Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada); University of Jammu (India).

Coordination: *Université du Québec à Montréal and *World Centre of Excellence for Destinations.

Institutions with an asterisk (*) are UNWTO Affiliate Members.

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Narrative description (500 words maximum) Please copy and paste summaries from your website or social media

Narrative description

Please attach at least one image illustrating your tourist and cultural

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently organized four joint world conferences on tourism and culture and published summary declarations of each conference:

- 2015 Siem Reap Declaration on Tourism and Culture – Building a New Partnership Model
- 2017 Muscat Declaration on Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development
- 2018 Istanbul Declaration on Tourism and Culture: For the Benefit of All
- 2019 Kyoto Declaration on Tourism and Culture: Investing in Future Generations

The contents of these declarations are available in English, French and Spanish at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ySV_1W-30KQao61UwnCyG8rJy2qHYviM?usp=sharing

The declarations identified over 80 actions to enhance tourism and culture synergies. These actions have been sorted into 18 key areas. For each key area listed below, indicate the level it is incorporated into your initiative (1=very low; 5=very high). Skip areas that are not applicable.

Key Areas

1 Integrates culture, diversity and protection measures

2 Plans, projects and policies align with a wide range of local and national policies

3 Encourages partnerships among a range of stakeholders

4 Encourages and provides structures for inclusive information dissemination and awareness

5 Encourages education and research into the interface between culture and tourism

6 Promotes and provides policies and plans to ensure cultural authenticity

7 Promotes peace

8 Ensures that crisis mitigation and enhanced security measures are an integral part of the culture and tourism interface

9 Ensures that promoting and protecting legal rights are an essential policy and planning element

10 Enhances the tourism and visitor experience through the culture and tourism synergy relationship

11 Empowers local and host communities through policies, plans and programs

12 Improves funding and encouragement for tourism and culture synergies by providing a financial framework and structure

13 Ensures that the culture and tourism synergy increase revenue from this interaction for residents as well as the protection of culture

14 Provides programs and investment in capacity building, skills and knowledge development for all stakeholders to achieve the potential of the culture/tourism synergy

15 Ensures that all plans, policies and programs adopt responsible tourism principles

16 Encourages competitiveness in responsible marketing/promotion through enhanced networking

17 Fosters creativity and innovation in management, technology, analysis, design, planning and policy making

18 Encourages inclusive business development by creating opportunities for entrepreneurial opportunities through creative programs and plans

Sector

Public Private NGO / Association / Non for Profit

By submitting this completed form:
We authorize the publication of our initiative on tourism and culture in the Online Global Registry.
We authorize the use of the collected data by the Online Global Registry joint research initiative.

As soon as the Online Global Registry is available, the access link will be sent to the email address provided in Part C - Respondent Profile section.