koffer
Association for sustainable tourism development

Fostering sustainable tourism as a perspective for the future

Duration:April 2005 - April 2008
Description: The aim of this project is to research how commitments, created in and ratified through international conventions and agreements, regarding sustainable tourism development are being implemented in Germany. In addition to this research, activities and action which clarify sustainable tourism will be initiated and carried out in the field of politics and in the tourism industry. These activities are an attempt to familiarise these two areas with the field of sustainable tourism. At the same time, the project aims to promote sustainable tourism, increasing the consumers' awareness and acceptance of the concept and informing them about what sustainable tourism has to offer.
The project has three main areas of focus. These are:

  • The implementation of international agreements: International agreements, concerning the implementation of a sustainable tourism development, will be described and communicated within the field of politics, to the tourism industry and also to German NGO's. This will be supplemented by recommendations stating what actions should be taken for future development.

  • Exchange with nature, environmental, leisure and consumer associations, who are engaged in the area of sustainable tourism. The aim of this exchange is to collect and to group the positive initiatives and concrete products of these associations and to present these to experts and to travellers. Additionally, joint actions to call for the implementation of a sustainable tourism in politics and the tourism industry, the production of joint publications where necessary, the adoption of positions and the building of new partnerships are foreseen.

  • Consumer information: The preparation and supply of information about sustainable travel as well as concrete tips and suggestions for environmentally friendly and socially equitable tourism products and suppliers from the tourism industry and associations in Germany.
Partners: Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) e.V., Berlin
www.bund.net

C-B-R Freizeit und Reisen - Messe München
www.c-b-r.de

Deutscher Wanderverband (DWV) e.V., Kassel
www.wanderverband.de

Die Verbraucher Initiative e.V., Berlin
www.verbraucher.org

EUROPARC Deutschland e.V., Berlin
www.europarc-deutschland.de

mas/contour Tourism Consulting Regional Planning, Berlin
www.mascontour.info

Naturfreundejugend Deutschlands (NFJD), Remagen-Rolandseck
www.naturfreundejugend.de

NaturFreunde Deutschlands (NFD) e.V., Berlin
www.naturfreunde.de

Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V., Berlin
www.nabu.de

Verband Deutscher Naturparke (VDN) e.V., Bonn
www.naturparke.de

Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V., Düsseldorf
www.vz-nrw.de

Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) e.V., Berlin
www.vcd.org

Viabono Trägerverein e.V., Berlin
www.viabono.de
Donors: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
www.bmu.de

Federal Environmental Agency (UBA)
www.uba.de
Events:Series of workshops "Nachhaltiger Tourismus als Zukunftsperspektive" (Sustainable tourism as a perspective for the future)
2007, 2008, C-B-R Freizeit und Reisen, Messe München
Partners: Messe München, NGO Working Group "Nachhaltiger Tourismus"

More information and downloads:
Workshop 2008
Workshop 2007

Symposium "Chancen der Kooperation: Tourismus in Naturlandschaften" (Chances of cooperation: Tourism in natural landscape areas)
2007, TourNatur, Düsseldorf
Partners: Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT) e.V., Deutscher Wanderverband (DWV) e.V., EUROPARC Deutschland e.V., Verband Deutscher Naturparke (VDN) e.V.

More information and downloads:
Symposium 2007

Symposium "Klimafreundlich Reisen" (Climate friendly travelling)
2008, TourNatur, Düsseldorf
Partners: Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT) e.V., Deutscher Tourismusverband (DTV), Deutscher Wanderverband (DWV) e.V.

More information and downloads:
Symposium 2008
Publications
for download:
Nachhaltiger Tourismus in Deutschland -
Überregionale und modellhafte Initiativen von Politik, Wirtschaft und Verbänden im Spiegel der Umsetzung des Arbeitsprogramms „Tourismus und nachhaltige Entwicklung“ der UN-Kommission für nachhaltige Entwicklung (CSD)
Gute Beispiele deutscher regierungsunabhängiger Organisationen im Spiegel des Arbeitsprogramms "Tourismus und nachhaltige Entwicklung" der UN-Kommission für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (CSD)
Gute Beispiele aus der deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft und den Regionen im Spiegel des Arbeitsprogramms "Tourismus und nachhaltige Entwicklung" der UN-Kommission für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (CSD)
top
Ökologischer Tourismus in Europa e.V. :. Koblenzer Straße 65 :. D-53173 Bonn :. Germany
info@oete.de :. Tel. +49 (0)228359008 :. © 2008 :. Ö.T.E. e.V. :. Imprint