Turismo

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• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  Website for the UNEP, the programme that aims to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
   
• United Nations Statistics Division
  The UN Statistical Division compiles and disseminates global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. A useful website that provides a multitude of statistics from different research areas.
   
• International Labour Organization
  The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. It aims to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

   

  Useful Documents 
   

• 2009 'Towards a Low Carbon Travel and Tourism Sector'
  Report produced in May 2009 by the World Economic Forum, within the framework of the Aviation, Travel & Tourism Partnership Programme. This report assess the contribution of the T&T sector to the socio-economic development of nations, analyses the carbon emissions baseline (2005) and forecast (2035) for all T&T clusters, and identifies the most promising T&T sector and cross-sector emissions mitigation measures.
   
• UNEP (2008) Green Jobs: Towards Sustainable Work in a Low-Carbon World UNEP, Geneva
  A joint report from the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation and the International Trade Union Confederation.
   
• UNEP (2009) Global Green Deal: Policy Brief UNEP, Geneva
  A policy brief United Nations Environment Programme as part of its Green Economy Initiative that presents details of the Global Green New Deal (GGND).
   
• World Economic Forum (2011) The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011
  2011 Report that analyses the Travel and Tourism competitiveness of individual economies around theworld
   
• Manuals on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts (2008)
  Useful website linking to PDFs of the Manuals on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts, which includes tourism statistics for individual countries and regions.