Paul, All,
> Certification for Sustainable Tourism - Costa Rica -
> http://www.sustainable-tourism.co.cr
Very interesting indeed and very useful to have it on line.
Kiskeya Alternative Project did put on line last month something similar
to be applied in Dominican Republic and Haiti. One difference is that we
plan to use it to evaluate all kind of toursim operators, not Hotels
only,
that we are now in the way of gathering several local institutions in
both countries to
better and strengthen our initial tool to create a real sustainability
certification mechanism endorsed by all participants in a national
certification network (NGOs, Universities, Gov., etc.) ...
you are invited check our Tourism Sustainability Certification Program"
http://kiskeya-alternative.org/certif
There is a program description, online references on certification and
also methodology and questionnaire this two in spanish and french only
We welcome your comments and suggestions, and even more if you wish to
participate in developing this tool...
Regards,
Yacine
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Kiskeya Alternative Destination Project
http://kiskeya-alternative.org
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Paul Fervoy wrote:
>
> [English/Espanol]
>
> Certification for Sustainable Tourism
> - Costa Rica -
> http://www.sustainable-tourism.co.cr
>
> * Database of Costa Rican hotels evaluated on criteria of sustainability
> now online!
>
> The Costa Rican Institute of Tourism has developed a program called the
> Certification for Sustainable Tourism (CST) that seeks to differentiate,
> stimulate and promote tourism sector businesses that comply with
> sustainable tourism standards.
>
> This innovate standardization program is a first in the region. The CST
> website hopes to make sustainablitity criteria a prime factor in
> decision-making regarding the selection of hotel operations.
>
> The website was developed in English and Spanish and includes:
>
> 1. a database of evaluated hotels,
> 2. information regarding the devolpment and design of the program,
> 3. information on how tourism business can particiate, the criteria used to
> evaluate their operations, and recommended best practices,
> 4. a self-evaluation section that reproduces the same questionnaire used by
> evaluators.
>
> The website was financed by support from USAID under the PROARCA/CAPAS program.
>
> == ESPANOL ==
>
> Certificación para la Sostenibilidad Turística
> - Costa Rica -
> http://www.turismo-sostenible.co.cr
>
> * Base de datos de hoteles evaluados por criterios de sostenibilidad ahora
> en linea!
>
> Promocionar a Costa Rica de manera competitiva para brindar al turista un
> destino sostenible, es el objetivo del sitio web del Programa Certificación
> para la Sostenibilidad Turística (CST).
>
> El CST es un programa que ha sido desarrollado por el Instituto
> Costarricense de Turismo para diferenciar, estimular e incentivar a
> aquellas empresas turísticas, hoteles en su primera etapa, que están
> realizando esfuerzos por ofrecer un turismo sostenible.
>
> Su objetivo fundamental consiste en convertir el concepto de sostenibilidad
> en algo real, práctico y necesario en el contexto de la competitividad
> turística mundial, para asegurar el futuro de la actividad turística.
>
> El sitio web en inglés y español cuenta con tres áreas de contenido:
>
> 1. Base de datos de hoteles evaluados por CST ,
> 2. Información sobre el CST, incluyendo boletín de noticias,
> 3. Información sobre cómo participar en el programa CST, y cuales criteria
> se usarán para evaluar sus operaciones y cuales son las practicas
> recomendadas para mejor su evaluacion,
> 4. Un formulario de auto-evaluacion, igual a lo que se usa para hacer las
> evaluaciones.
>
> Este sitio en INTERNET se financió gracias a la colaboración de la Agencia
> de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID), bajo el
> Programa PROARCA/CAPAS y este apoyo económico ha sido fundamental para la
> promoción nacional e internacional del programa.
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