Sustainable Tourism & Disaster Risk Reduction

Tourism development that strengthens places without undermining the assets on which they depend.

Sustainable tourism requires more than increasing visitor numbers. It depends on destination governance, local economic linkages, infrastructure, environmental limits, community participation and the ability to distribute benefits across places and seasons.

What this field covers

Relevant themes include tourism policy, destination sustainability, rural and local tourism development, visitor-economy linkages, community participation and the integration of tourism with wider territorial-development strategies.

Key challenges

  • Balancing economic opportunity with environmental and social pressures.
  • Strengthening connections between tourism and local businesses.
  • Developing tourism opportunities outside established destinations.
  • Coordinating public, private and community stakeholders.
  • Aligning destination development with infrastructure and services.
  • Monitoring whether tourism contributes to wider territorial objectives.

How RegioGro supports this field

Relevant services include Research & Data Analysis, Programme Design & Implementation, Policy & Regulatory Development, Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment and Training & Capacity Building.

Methods and evidence

Destination and territorial analysis, stakeholder research, local economic analysis, surveys, case studies, programme design and monitoring frameworks.

Selected projects

Working on sustainable tourism or destination development?

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