TAPAS Group Strategy, with CBD and GSTC at the World Parks Congress
Channel: Anna Spenceley
Date: 10/12/2014

This was a IUCN Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group networking event held on 15 November at the World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia. The session aimed to share information about the TAPAS Group’s activities, discuss the TAPAS Group strategy for the next decade, profile important global initiatives in sustainable tourism, and highlight tourism-related events at the WPC.  

Presentations:

• Introduction to the session and the TAPAS Group – Anna Spenceley (facilitator) – annaspenceley@gmail.com (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-strategy-ppt-22-oct-anna)

TAPAS Working group presentations: 

• Knowledge development in tourism and protected areas, including the new Best Practice Guidelines – Glen Hvenegaard (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-knowledge-development-glen)
• Capacity building for protected area managers – Steve McCool (no slides used)
• World Heritage and Healthy People Healthy Parks – Robyn Bushell (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-wh-update)
• Membership of the TAPAS Group – Elena Nikolaeva  (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-membership-nov15)
• Launch of the new Communities working group – Susan Snyman (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-strategy-community-working-group-susan-snyman)
• Tourism events at WPC – Robyn Bushell and Susan Snyman  (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-the-tourism-journey-snyman-and-bushell)

News from global initiatives on sustainable tourism: 

• Updates from the Convention on Biological Diversity – Revision of the Guidelines and COP12 – David Steuerman (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/david-iucn-wpc-tourism-presentation-2-nov-15001)
• The use of standards and indicators in destinations: the Global Sustainable Tourism Council – Kelly Bricker (GSTC, TIES, TAPAS Group) (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/bricker-gstc-ties)

TAPAS Group 10 year strategy:

• Where we’ve come from, and where we’re going to – Anna Spenceley (http://www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley/tapas-from-to-22-oct-anna)