Taroudant - Moroccan Minister of Tourism Lahcen Haddad said on Friday in Marrakech that the organization of COP22 in Morocco is a valuable opportunity to showcase companies’ achievements in sustainable tourism.
During the his speech at the Green Growth Academy for sustainable tourism event, organized by the Moroccan Business Confederation and the Moroccan Cleaner Production Centre (CMPP), the Minister said that the government is ensuring that sustainable tourism takes an integrated global approach.
This morning, at the opening ceremony of the Green Growth Academy sustainable tourism event in #Marrakech @CGEM_MA pic.twitter.com/8XuzQQk2KP
— Lahcen Haddad (@Lahcenhaddad) May 6, 2016
The conference was organized under the theme "Responsible Tourism to Meet the Climate Challenge."
The Minister congratulated the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) for its strong commitment to COP21 organized in Paris and for the coordination of private sector’s participation in COP22, which will be organized in Marrakech in November.
"The commitment of the private sector for this global cause reflects a true dynamic and ownership by all stakeholders of a collaborative approach to sustainable development that adapts to environmental changes and transforms constraints into opportunities and growth engines," the Minister said.
Haddad highlighted the leading role of his Ministry on the African continent, particularly through the signature of an African Charter for Sustainable Tourism on the sidelines of the COP21.
In January, Morocco adopted a draft charter on sustainable tourism during the first “Moroccan Day of Sustainable and Responsible Tourism” in Rabat.
Last year, Morocco was ranked fourth in Le Parisien’s list of top ten destinations for responsible tourism, after Madagascar in third, Brazil in second, and Costa Rica in first.
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