Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Buffalo River Farm and Studio B&B is ...Sustainable Tourism



This is the first is a series of articles written to explore and inform more about the sustainability effort in tourism. 

What is sustainable tourism?
The Tennessee Department of Tourism promotes sustainable tourism and defines it as: "Sustaining the environment culture and heritage of a region while at the same time sustaining economic growth through tourism.

According to the Sustainable Tourism Gateway, in its purest sense, is an industry which attempts to have a low impact on the environment and the conservation of the local ecosystem.  It is responsible tourism that is both ecologically and culturally sensitive.

There are many variations on this common theme of sustainable tourism and each community's approach will be a little different.  However, I think the most succinct summary of the"Principles of Sustainable Tourism" that I found were these (quoted from source):

  • Tourism should be initialed with broad-based community inputs and the community should maintain control
  • Tourism should provide quality employment to its community residents and a linkage between the local businesses and tourism should be established 
  • A code of practice should be established for tourism at all levels-national, regional, and local. 
  • Education and training programs to improve and manage heritage and natural resources should be established. 
Buffalo River Farm and Studio believes and practices the sustainability model for a number of years and will continue to improve upon our efforts.  

Next time:  A Discussion of Why Should We Care About Sustainability




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