Sector Framework Sustainable Tourism

In order to ensure that tourism generates sustainable economic, social, and environmental growth, our work focuses on: 

(i) developing national and subnational diagnoses to measure the economic, environmental and social impacts of tourism, both positive and negative; 

(ii) facilitating investments in the tourism sector to increase its competitiveness and resilience; and 

(iii) strengthening tourism governance, including private sector investment and its financial sustainability.

Sustainable tourism projects aim at helping Latin American and Caribbean countries to:

• Improve crisis management capacity in the tourism sector, including health crises such as the one experienced with COVID-19
• Increase the economic benefits of tourism and its contribution at the local level 
• Strengthen the distribution of tourism benefits among the most vulnerable social groups
• Strengthen tourism environmental and climate management
• Improve the institutional tourism framework