significant returns, estimated at between $7 and $30. Sustainable tourism can play a role in protecting local ecosystems, preserving wildlife and natural habitats, and preventing degradation. This requires environmentally conscious land and sea use management, the development of sustainable infrastructure, the promotion of regenerative practices in natural areas and Launched in 2023, our Global Tourism Plastics Initiative aims to tackle plastic pollution caused by tourism. Signatories commit to eliminating problematic plastic items, transitioning to reusable models and increasing the use of recycled materials. They also collaborate to improve plastic recycling and composting rates, and report annually on their progress. This year, we released the Glasgow Declaration Implementation Report 2023 – Advancing Climate Action , charting the progress made by over 400 tourism organisations that submitted updates between January and June 2023, including more than 250 climate action plans. The tourism sector has a responsibility to forge a more sustainable world. This can the reduction of waste by shifting to a circular economy for plastics.
ZURAB POLOLIKASHVILI Zurab Pololikashvili has been secretary-general of UN Tourism (formerly known as the World Tourism Organization) since 2018. He was previously Georgia’s ambassador to Spain, Andorra, Algeria and Morocco, and its permanent representative to UN Tourism until 2017. He has also served as Georgia’s minister of economic development and deputy foreign minister, among other posts, and has a only be achieved through continued collaboration between stakeholders, including government agencies, local businesses and community members. Where the G20 economies go, others will surely follow. Together, we can work towards developing a new policy framework for tourism that minimises our impact on the environment and local communities while prioritising their well-being, creating jobs and driving economic growth, converting untapped potential into shared prosperity.
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