Tourism
Ongoing Projects
Implemented Projects
Publications
According to the thematic approach, Tourism has the following subtopics::
- Systematize tourism information in the Amazon, by assessing the feasibility of creating a regional observatory.
- Creating integrated regional tourism circuits, specifically three integrated circuits as a pilot example of sustainable tourism in the Amazon Region.
- Developing environmentally sustainable community-based tourism, geared to maximizing the benefits for the local communities.
- Strengthen the image of the Amazon as a Geodestination for sustainable tourism
- Discuss the feasibility of creating funding mechanisms to implement the regional tourism agenda.
In the process of regional cooperation, the main challenges faced in the consolidation of this theme are associated with long-term financing and to the still insufficient interconnectivity infrastructure among Member Countries and its sustainability. According to the first issue, the ACTO Members Countries are developing a long-term financing strategy where the importance of funding from public budgets has been identified. These public funds can be supplemented by funding from the international cooperation requiring joint efforts for its implementation. Regarding the second item, the consolidation of local tourism products is a key issue, but it is associated with other variables that are outside of ACTO´s scope.
The products obtained in the implementation of the Strategic Agenda for Amazon Cooperation are:
- Draft Technical guidelines to implement the ACTO Tourism Observatory.
- Glossary of terms and touristic terms and concepts.
- Compilation of national experiences in sustainable community-based tourism in ACTO countries protected areas.
- Guidelines for strengthening the tourism image of the Amazon.
- Preliminary proposal for three tourist circuits for the Amazon: Waters Tourism Circuit, Amazon-Caribbean Tourist Circuit and Andes-Amazon Tourist Circuit.
Ongoing Projects
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Implemented Projects
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Publications
Amazon Assessment Report 2021 – Conservation measures to counter the main threats to Amazonian biodiversity – Chapter 27
Sectoral Agenda Conservation,Protection and Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources Subtopic:
News
The situation of Indigenous Peoples in border areas was widely discussed
Brasilia, April 20, 2016.- In Brasilia, Brazil on April 18-19 a meeting was held with the participation of the representative of the...
The illegal deforestation in the Amazon region in discussion
Brasilia, April 13 2016.- Experts on deforestation from the Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)...
The high vulnerability of indigenous peoples was the subject of meeting between ACTO and FUNAI
March 21, 2016.-The Secretary-General of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), Jacqueline Mendoza and President of the...
The UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples learns about ACTO´s work
Brasilia, March 17, 2016.- The Special Reporter of the United Nations (UN) on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, met...
The Steering Committee of the GEF Amazon Project meet in Lima
Brasilia, March 3, 2016.-In order to present the progresses in the preparation of a Concept of a Regional Project for the implementation...
The Strategic Action Program for the management of water resources in the Amazon basin is approved
February 2, 2016.-Representatives of ACTO Member Countries during the 4th Technical Meeting of the Strategic Action Programme / 6th...