Corporate Responsibility
Tourism is characterized by complex and internationally interwoven value chains. At the same time, tourism is a widely unregulated economic sector. In order to attract investors or travellers, destinations outpace each other with low environmental and social standards – at the expense of nature and people. Therefore, it is urgently necessary, that businesses within the tourism industry perform environmental and human rights risk assessments to fulfil their due diligence and transparency obligations. We strive for binding rules on corporate responsibility and are engaged in independent sustainability certification schemes.
The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Many holiday regions do not record the real costs of tourism. Often the expenses are even higher than the income from tourism.
Conference-Documentation: Child Rights and Tourism
Representatives from public and private sector as well as NGOs met in Berlin on June, 13 to discuss strategies to strengthen child protection in tourism. (Only in German)
Peru: Child Protection in Informal Accomodations
The restart of tourism raises concerns about the effects on children, because the tourism sector is rapidly expanding and – to some degree – in new unregulated forms.
Vietnam: Connecting Child Protection and Sustainability
The pandemic has increased the vulnerability of children in Vietnam. High time for the tourism industry to include the protection of children in their agenda.
Advancing Child Protection in Tourism
Covid-19 derailed momentum in the protection of children from sexual exploitation, but the restart in tourism also offers opportunities.
Protecting Children during Project Visits
Many children are involved in tourist attractions and suffer the consequences. Three examples show how the protection of children can also succeed in project visits.
Online seminar: Child protection during tourism project visits
The webinar "Tourism for Good? Respecting Child Rights in Project Visits" by the Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism, held in May 2022, was targeted at tourism businesses and other stakeholders offering project visits where tourists come into contact with children during their travels. The …
Empowering Women in Caribbean Tourism
Krystal Yearwood of UNDP's future tourism project talks about the importance of women's empowerment to rebuilding Caribbean MSMEs in tourism after COVID-19.
Progress for Women in Tourism in Madagascar
While gender inequalities persist in Madagascar, women are increasingly free to choose their activities. The pandemic gave a boost to their determination and creativity.
Latin America: Female Entrepreneurship in Tourism
Three women from Brazil and El Salvador report on the ups and downs of their entrepreneurship.