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The Future of <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> in Rhode Island<br />
Thursday, January 28, 2010<br />
Background<br />
The <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> Destination Planning and Development <strong>Lab</strong>oratory<br />
In establishing the <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> Destination Planning and Development <strong>Lab</strong>oratory, the<br />
Blackstone Valley <strong>Tourism</strong> Council set out to share its knowledge, experience and wisdom in<br />
tackling the rejuvenation of polluted and scared, post-industrial landscapes. With an over-arching<br />
objective to improve the quality of natural and human life that could foster renewed economic<br />
development (centered on culture, creative, leisure, recreation and tourism endeavors) the Council<br />
felt that it was ideally qualified to assist other communities struggling to develop flourishing<br />
destinations within a framework of sustainability.<br />
As a transformative, community-based, learning initiative intended to demonstrate how<br />
sustainability can be achieved, the <strong>Lab</strong> encourages and prepares key decision-shapers and<br />
decision-makers within communities to create and implement bold visions and plans. To date the<br />
<strong>Lab</strong> has been successful in establishing partnerships, building alliances, presenting conferences,<br />
helping develop strategies, and in promoting sustainable tourism agendas that correspond to<br />
accepted Sustainability, Green <strong>Tourism</strong>, and Geotourism Principles.<br />
Since its recent inception the <strong>Lab</strong> has demonstrated relevance and acceptance; indeed the <strong>Tourism</strong><br />
Council and the <strong>Lab</strong> have received several national and world titles. In June 2006, the Blackstone<br />
Valley <strong>Tourism</strong> Council won the Ulysses Prize awarded by the United Nations World <strong>Tourism</strong><br />
Organization (UNWTO). In September of the same year the Council became the first U.S.<br />
institution to earn UNWTO.Sbest certification in tourism governance. In 2008 the <strong>Tourism</strong> Council<br />
and the <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Lab</strong>oratory won the World Travel and <strong>Tourism</strong> Council’s <strong>Tourism</strong> for<br />
Tomorrow Destination Award and later that year the Council received another world title presented<br />
by the World Travel Awards.<br />
Summit Report<br />
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