Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility
The Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility Department of the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), a specialised agency of the United Nations, is tasked with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
UN Tourism is guided by the belief that tourism can make a meaningful contribution to people’s lives and our planet. This conviction is at the very heart of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, a roadmap for tourism development towards a more ethical approach.
Global Code of Ethics for TourismAccessible Tourism
Accessible Tourism
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 16% of the world’s population (1.3 billion people) is estimated to live with some form of disability. UN Tourism is convinced that accessibility for all to tourist facilities, products, and services should be a central part of any responsible and sustainable tourist policy.
Accessible TourismTourism and Culture
Tourism and Culture
Cultural tourism is a type of tourism activity in which the visitor’s essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the tangible and intangible cultural attractions/products in a tourism destination. These attractions/products relate to a set of distinctive material, intellectual, spiritual and emotional features of a society that encompasses arts and architecture, historical and cultural heritage, culinary heritage, literature, music, creative industries and the living cultures with their lifestyles, value systems, beliefs and traditions.
Tourism and CultureWomen’s Empowerment and Tourism
Women’s Empowerment and Tourism
Tourism has the potential to contribute to greater gender equality and the empowerment of women, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5. The majority of people employed in tourism worldwide are women, both in formal and informal jobs. Tourism offers women opportunities for income-generation and entrepreneurship. However, women are concentrated in the lowest paid, lowest skilled sectors of the industry and carry out a large amount of unpaid work in family tourism businesses.
Women’s Empowerment and Tourism