Noakes appointed to Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Leading Pacific Asia Sustainable Tourism champion appointed director
A leading advocate for sustainable tourism approaches in the Pacific Asia region has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the new Global Sustainable Tourism Council – the global multi-stakeholder non-governmental organization, with sustainability for the tourism sector as its core mission.
An active industry player for the past 30 years, Australian based Steve Noakes will now be the only representative from the Pacific region on the Washington DC based Board.
Founded in 2010 with the support of the United Nations Foundation, the UN World Tourism organisation, the United Nations Environment Program, Rainforest Alliance and numerous other international government, non-government, industry and academia, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) serves as the international body for promoting education, awareness and adoption of sustainable tourism practices.
A strategic coalition of partners under the umbrella of the UN, the GSTC is registered in the United States as a not-for-profit corporation. It was born out of the merger of two initiatives: the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership) and the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council (STSC).
The GSTC will trademark, manage and update the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (the criteria). The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria are the minimum requirements that any tourism business should reach in order to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for conservation and poverty alleviation in developing economic regions.
Noakes is founding Director of international project management company, Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd, a Director of Ecolodges Indonesia, member of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, Australia.
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