Tourism is at the forefront of many of the latest and most innovative sustainable energy initiatives.
The 2012 official World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations will be held in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria biosphere reserve, Spain, (September 27, 2012). Under the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development,” WTD 2012 highlights the need to bring the tourism sector and energy stakeholders closer together to spur tourism’s contribution to sustainability.
“Tourism is at the forefront of many of the latest and most innovative sustainable energy initiatives,” said UNWTO Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, “One only has to think of the investments being poured into renewable energy sources for aviation, or the energy technology solutions implemented in hotels around the world, to know that sustainable energy is a major priority for the sector.”
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