In a letter to LNTA Chairman H.E. Somphong Mongkhonvilay, World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rafai said the UNWTO fully endorses the Vientiane Declaration on Ecotourism in Developing Countries, and will disseminate the Declaration among its members and through its website, http://www.world-tourism.org/.
Mr Rafai said: “This Declaration reaffirms the principles and guidelines developed by UNWTO during the International Year of Ecotourism 2002, providing fresh recommendations to enable stakeholders to not just advocate the principles of sustainable development of tourism, but also to deliver on the vision and goals of the World Ecotourism Conference in an effective manner.”
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