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Introduction

International Coalition for Responsible Tourism is composed now by experts & professionnals of tourism industry, 111 NGO, associations & professionals in 46 countries, committed in responsible tourism and a comittee composed by experts in one of the 3 pillars of the Sustainable Development (economic & fair, social & culture, ecology & biodiversity).
The main aim of the International Coalition is to inform, to make people sensitive, to convince, to denounce and mobilise the main actors in tourism field (professionnals, governments, national & international NGO's) to the interest of the concept of Responsible Tourism.

Responsible Tourism

Responsible Tourism is the application of the concept of Sustainable Development applied on Tourism Industry. Thus, Responsible Tourism is all kind of tourist development and activities which respects and preserves on long term natural, cultural & social ressources and contribute in a positive and fair way to the development and the capacity building of people who live, work and are accomodated in those spaces.

News

The Fourth Edition of the Worldwide Day for Responsible Tourism will be organized on June 2d 2010 in Paris (France) & abroad.
The yearly topic is: "The rural heritage, an essential energy for tourism as a factor in territorial development "
In Paris, Balkans Destination will be the territory on which a large debate will be realized.