Responsible Tourism Setting best practise example as a city - ITB 2013 Known around the globe as a place of beauty, Cape Town has exceptional diversity in a small geographic area, making it a destination with remarkable potential to be a leader in sustainable, responsible tourism.

1. RESPONSIBLE
TOURISM
Cape Town’s journey
A PRESENTATION BY MARIETTE DU TOIT-

2. RESPONSIBLE
TOURISM
AND CITIES
A PRESENTATION BY MARIETTE DU TOIT-
Cape Town - place of beauty and inspiration

3. One of the places of a lifetime

4. Biodiversity hotspot

5. Cape Town tells the tale of two cities

6. Tourism has increasingly been recognised for its
potential to contribute to poverty reduction.

7. Cape Town Declaration signed in 2002

8. If we are to
successfully continue
to grow our tourism
sector towards job
creation and skills
development, we
have to protect the
very thing that has
created tourism
demand; the
environment and our
local communities

9. 2009: Signing of Responsible Tourism Charter

10. Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award

11. Responsible Tourism Pilot ProjectV&A Waterfront: sustainable energy

12. Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) and
AWOL Tours

13. Transport: The Green
Cab

14. Sustainable practice and responsible tourism
should be a way of life

15. There is a long road ahead to travel, but
we are well on our way

16. We will conserve only what we love, we will love
only what we understand, we will only
understand what we are taught. - Baba Dioum

17. www.capetown.travel
www.facebook.com/capeto
wn.travel
@CapeTownTourism

18. THANK
YOU