Square de Meeûs 18
Bruxelles
Belgium
- Environment/Sustainable development
Sharing good practices along with tools available to both small and micro-enterprises for a sustainable and competitive tourism.
Supporting the EARTH network as a medium to convey to its Members the core vision of the European Agenda on responsible and competitive tourism.
Approving and implementing a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) system.
Raising travelers awareness about the principles of responsible tourism and good practices during their travel;
Cooperating with conventional tourism agencies to raise their awareness about the principles of responsible tourism
Cooperating with local authorities, public institutions at European, national and local level, agencies, schools and universities, research centers and other Tourist Operators, in defining tourism development policies based on the principles of sustainable development and responsibility
Coordinating the activities of its Members encouraging the mutual exchange of good practices.
Participating in projects involving international cooperation;
Improving the quality of trips from an ethical viewpoint, through the adoption of good practices inspired by the principles of responsible tourism;
Ensuring collaboration among responsible tourism operators and communities in the South of the world and their Organizations;
Promoting the concept of responsible tourism through publications, information and awareness campaigns, meetings and conferences, participating in the international debate on tourism policies;
Training tourist operators following the principles of responsible tourism, through the organization of courses and seminars in Universities and schools and by encouraging hosting placement periods;
Supporting the activities of tour operators, travel agencies and associations specializing in responsible tourism, notably by participating in events and projects such as trade fairs, scholarships and other public initiatives and by assisting in collaborative relations.
We could organize and participate to meetings. We could represent the FAL at the European level. We could play a role of center of knowledge of the European level. We could transfer to our contacts and network the information and the news coming from FAL.
EARTH is very enthusiastic about joining FAL because we do believe in the same values and we are willing to amplify our network and our contacts. We are looking for new projects, new collaboration in order to share our experience, our knowledge and to support the principles of responsible tourism.