Wales Tourism and Visit Planning

Interoffice Memorandum

21 July 1998

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Ms. Thelma M. Awori,
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director,
Africa
Mr. Fawaz Fokeladeh,
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director,
Arab States
Mr. Nay Htun
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director,
Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Anton Kruiderink,
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director,
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Mr. Fernando Zumbado,
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director,
Latin America and the Caribbean

As long as the welfare of the local community isn’t disregarded, creating facilities for tourism can benefit the local population as well. Tourism development brings money to the region and also forces improvement of local facilities like roads and water supplies. These two things together can easily help to develop the infrastructure of an area. Tourism can create new recreational or entertainment facilities, health systems, restaurants or public spaces. The longer that tourism thrives in the area, the more improvements that will be made.

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Mr. Bruce Jenkins
Deputy Assistant Administrator and Director,
BPRM/Office of Planning

St. Director of Tourism Since 1998 Mr. Peter Hilary Modeste has served, as the Director of Tourism of the St. Lucia Tourist Board. President of the St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association, Mr. Modeste has been employed within the tourism sector for a number of years. He was educated at the University of Wales and is married with three children. A former Minister of Education, Mr. Modeste has served on a number of national organizations including the St. Lucia Development Bank.

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Elmi Watanabe
Assistant Administrator and Director
Bureau for Development Policy

Turkey is expecting 2.2 million tourists from Russia this year, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Atilla Koc said at the Moscow International Tourism Fair. Culture and tourism play an important role in the development of bilateral contacts, and the increasing number of Russian tourists in Turkey is a proof to that, he said. We are trying to develop not only seaside tourism, although the majority of Russians associate Turkey with the sea, the beach, and the glimmering sun. Our country has huge cultural and environmental resources, and a growing number of tourists visit regions outside the seaside for studying our culture.

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Some of the listings have also been certified by Ecotourism Australia, which means they meet high standards of environmental sustainability, business ethics and cultural sensitivity. According to Errol Hunt, 'Tourism in Australia, as in any country, needs to respond to the increasing call for visible sustainable tourism options. There are lots of great Australian tourism operators doing this already. We hope that the new GreenDex in our Australia guide, and other similar initiatives, will drive other operators in the same direction, as they see that there%š sustainable business.

Camping Holiday Wales Global Sustainable Development Facility (GSDF) Project

Regina LaBega, director of the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau has uncovered TourMap, year master plan set to radicalise the islands tourism development. The announcement came on July 6 at an island conference. progress since last August and has been a group effort of various tourism partners, local community initiatives and government officials.

Accommodation Holiday Wales Further to the presentation of the GSDF Project made to the Executive Committee 13 February 1998, I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with a brief update on the project and to ask for your assistance in the upcoming critical phase of this project.

Holiday Last Minute Wales I am pleased to note that the project has been progressing well since February and that, to date, 11 leading international corporations have joined UNDP in this initiative and 19 corporations are presently involved in discussions regarding participation in this initiative. The 11 confirmed corporations are:

1. ABB (Sweden/Switzerland)
2. Citibank (USA)
3. AT&T (USA)
4. Owens Corning (USA)
5. Cultor Corporation (Finland)
6. ESKOM (South Africa)
7. Telia AB (Sweden)
8. IKEA International (Sweden)
9. LM Ericsson (Sweden)
10. Statoil (Norway)
11. Rio Tinto plc. (United Kingdom)

Catering Holiday Self Wales Since Mr. Andrei Marcu, Manager, GSDF Project, joined UNDP at the end of February, the main activities have been:

• Completion of the Project Team;
• Activities to attract corporate participation;
• Preparation of presentation material for external dissemination;
• Creation of project structure, including recruitment of Senior Advisors, creation of the Steering Committee, Etc.

Holiday Wales Walking At present, the Steering Committee consists of the following:

Family Holiday Wales Mr. James Gustave Speth, Chairman
Mr. Maurice Strong, The Earth Council
Mr. David Buzzelli, Dow Chemical Corporation
Mr. Goran Lindahl, ABB Group

Holiday Riding Wales The following have accepted to contribute to the GSDP Project as Senior Advisors:

Adventure Holiday Wales Ms. Jane Nelson, Research and Policy Director, Prince of Wales Business Leaders' Forum;
Mr. Bjorn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development;
Ms. Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce;
Mr. Nicholas Sonntag, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute;
Mr. Geoffrey Lipman, President, World Travel and Tourism Council;
Mr. Bob Tucker, President, The Council of South African Banks.

Holiday Park South Wales Following the first Steering Committee meeting 16 July 1998, the project moves into a phase that will be marked by the start of all the sub-activities and will culminate with the Launch Workshop of the new Facility, in early June 1999. As you may recall, there are two phases in the GSDF Project: The Feasibility Phase that will last until June 1999, when a new Facility will be launched, and the Operational Phase, that will follow.

The Feasibility Phase of the GSDF project is composed of four sub-components and is illustrated below:

1. Interviews with corporations
2. Scenario Planning on the 2B2M vision
3. Pilot projects
4. Definition of a new Facility