In an effort to support sustainable tourism and responsible industry standards; Travel 4 Real and its family of travel brands have adopted the United Nations Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
Travel 4 Real is practices the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism which sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism. It draws inspiration from many similar declarations and industry codes that have come before and it adds new thinking that reflects our changing society at the beginning of the 21st century.
With international tourism forecast to reach 1.6 billion arrivals by 2020, members of the World Tourism Organization believe that the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is needed to help minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and on cultural heritage while maximizing the benefits for residents of tourism destinations.
The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) is a comprehensive set of principles whose purpose is to guide stakeholders in tourism development: central and local governments, local communities, the tourism industry and its professionals, as well as visitors, both international and domestic.
The Code was called for in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Istanbul in 1997. Over the following two years, a special committee for the preparation of the Global Code of Ethics was formed and a draft document was prepared by the Secretary-General and the legal adviser to UNWTO in consultation with UNWTO Business Council, UNWTO's Regional Commissions, and the UNWTO Executive Council.
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in New York in April, 1999 endorsed the concept of the Code and requested UNWTO to seek further input from the private sector, non-governmental organizations and labor organizations. Written comments on the code were received from more than 70 UNWTO Member States and other entities. The resulting 10 point Global Code of Ethics for Tourism - the culmination of an extensive consultative process- was approved unanimously by the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Santiago in October 1999.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in its substantive session of July 2001, adopted a draft resolution on the Code of Ethics and called on the UN General Assembly to give recognition to the Code. The official recognition by the UN General Assembly to the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism came on 21 December 2001, through its resolution A/RES/56/212, by which it further encouraged the World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up of the Code.
Download a copy of the Tourism Global Code of Ethics
Download in PDF format the text of the Code translated into national/local languages by the following countries/regions or territories
The Code includes nine articles outlining the "rules of the game" for destinations, governments, tour operators, developers, travel agents, workers and travellers themselves. The tenth article involves the redress of grievances and marks the first time that a code of this type will have a mechanism for enforcement.
ARTICLE 1
Tourism's contribution to mutual understanding and respect between peoples and societies
ARTICLE 2
Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fulfilment
ARTICLE 3
Tourism, a factor of sustainable development
ARTICLE 4
Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement
ARTICLE 5
Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities
ARTICLE 6
Obligations of stakeholders in tourism development
ARTICLE 7
Right to tourism
ARTICLE 8
Liberty of tourist movements
ARTICLE 9
Rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry
ARTICLE 10
Implementation of the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
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