Voluntourism Best Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region: Promoting Inclusive Community-Based Sustainable Tourism Initiatives

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May 2018

Voluntourism Best Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region: Promoting Inclusive Community-Based Sustainable Tourism Initiatives

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This guidebook aims to help stakeholders to harness the opportunities that voluntourism can bring to communities as a force for good while mitigating unintended negative impacts. The guidebook outlines steps on how to initiate best practice voluntourism in the APEC region.

WHO WE ARE

WHO WE ARE

APEC Secretariat

Policy Support Unit

WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO

Capacity Building

Trade and Investment

Structural Reform

Economic and Technical Cooperation

Policy Partnership on Food Security

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WHAT WE ACHIEVED

Declarations and Statements

APEC in Action

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Voluntourism Best Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region: Promoting Inclusive Community-Based Sustainable Tourism Initiatives

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