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Three UN Agencies United to Advance Sustainable Urban Tourism
From
the interconnection of their mandates, this is the first time that three UN
Agencies join forces at the World Urban Forum to stimulate dialogue and call
for cooperation to help drive sustainable urban tourism.
The
event builds upon the innovative and successful partnership between UN-Habitat
and UN Tourism. The agencies organized, with the support of the Basque
Government, an
Expert Group Meeting on Advancing Sustainable Urban Tourism:
Tools for promoting good practices in cities and territories" (Bilbao,
21-22 March 2024) where UN agencies including UNESCO, representatives of
national, regional, and local governments, academy, private sector and civil
society, debated how to build better policies and governance for urban tourism
in a way that benefits all. The final conclusions of this meeting were
presented at the event, which served a baseline for further action.
Tourism,
Culture, and Creativity: Catalysts for Urban Regeneration
Mayors
from Granada (Spain), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Porto
(Portugal) and the Councillor Member of the Mayoral Committee – Human
Settlements of Buffalo City (South Africa) shared their vision of how tourism
drives economic and social development in their respective cities. They
emphasized tourism's role in advancing urban infrastructure, accessibility,
preserving and promoting cultural and natural assets, stimulating creative
industries and regenerating neglected areas, eventually transforming their
cities into better places.
Yet,
they also stressed that to reach its full potential, tourism must be developed
sustainably across economic, sociocultural, and environmental dimensions and
emphasized that this requires a holistic, multisectoral governance and approach
that embeds tourism and culture within the urban and territorial planning
addressing the diverse needs of all stakeholders, namely local communities.
Culture-driven
Urban Solutions
As
part of this strategic partnership, a series of Urban Solutions: Culture-Driven
Sustainable Urban Tourism will be launched in the following weeks. Developed by
UNESCO, in collaboration with UN Tourism and UN-Habitat, these solutions aim to
place culture at the heart of sustainable urban tourism policies and
strategies, blending cultural heritage, creativity, and local traditions, to
foster inclusive growth. These solutions will help transform tourism into a
powerful catalyst for positive change.
The
three UN agencies will continue exploring ways of collaboration, from the
tourism, territory and culture, intersection towards creating more sustainable,
resilient, creative, and inclusive cities and territories, accelerating the
localization of the SDGs and implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
Image
Credit: © UN Tourism
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