The Unfenced Desert Towards a strategy for eco ... - Nwrc.gov.sa
The Unfenced Desert Towards a strategy for eco ... - Nwrc.gov.sa
The Unfenced Desert Towards a strategy for eco ... - Nwrc.gov.sa
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• <strong>The</strong> NCWCD is not in the business of running travel arrangements,<br />
accomodation, shops and other potential concessions, but should<br />
under take monitoring, research, visitor management in protected<br />
areas and public awareness programmes. It will be neces<strong>sa</strong>ry <strong>for</strong> the<br />
NCWCD to set policy guidelines, and to <strong>for</strong>mulate contracts and<br />
possibly legislation to ensure continued control over visitor volumes,<br />
activities and associated developments being run by business sector<br />
partners. <strong>The</strong> NCWCD should seek involvement in recent moves to<br />
allow regulated international tourism, by gaining approval to sponsor<br />
groups <strong>for</strong> low scale, high quality tourism, preferably in partnership<br />
with an established travel firm. This could be extended to NCWCD<br />
involvement as a land agent <strong>for</strong> regional tourism ventures, e.g. cruise<br />
ships in the Red Sea, to ensure adherence to <strong>eco</strong>tourism guidelines.<br />
Last, but not least, the NCWCD should be represented in any<br />
National Tourism Committee (expected to be <strong>for</strong>med late in 2000) to<br />
provide input into the regulation of environmental impacts of tourism<br />
nationally, and to guide national policy with regard to nature-based<br />
tourism in general.<br />
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