Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh said that tourism is a sensitive field to environmental issues, so the tourism industry needs to be ahead in the green transition process. Since then, Vietnam's green tourism products were soon launched into the international market and contributed to enhancing the position of Vietnamese tourism. In 2024, Vietnam's tourism industry aims to achieve green transformation for sustainable development. This is a common trend of many destinations around the world, so international tourists also have awareness and need to experience this type of tourism.
On this occasion, the workshop introduced a corporate waste management application (App) with content providing basic information on environmental management and declaring information on the amount of waste per day at units. Through the application, it helps management agencies grasp information and extract statistics on the implementation of plastic waste management for tourism businesses, thereby monitoring the implementation of the set of criteria and classification of businesses. Karma. For tourism businesses, help business management personnel clearly understand the situation of plastic waste in their establishments, thereby registering to participate in the implementation of the set of criteria for zero plastic waste tourism businesses.
At the conference, delegates exchanged, discussed, and shared methods of environmental protection from a tourism perspective, practical models for reducing plastic waste,... and answered some related questions. to the scoring and evaluation method when units participate in the set of criteria for recognizing businesses without plastic waste.
Receiving comments from delegates, representatives of the Vietnam Tourism Association hope that representatives of tourist areas, destinations, accommodation units, and travel agencies in Ninh Binh will continue to promote these models. Good, effective way. At the same time, we recommend that businesses boldly participate in registering for a pilot zero plastic waste unit; Receiving applications, testing criteria. From there, it serves as a basis for the Association to adjust and widely promulgate the set of criteria, actively spreading the movement to reduce plastic waste in the tourism sector, contributing to realizing the goals of sustainable tourism development in Vietnam. Vietnam.
To carry out the message "The tourism industry joins hands to reduce plastic waste", the Vietnam Tourism Association calls on units and businesses to join hands to build green, sustainable tourism and promote cultural values. , respect resources, protect the ecological environment.
At the upcoming VITM Hanoi Fair 2024, the Vietnam Tourism Association requests participating units not to use plastic water bottles and plastic bags at the Fair; Mobilize partners and customers to limit the use of disposable plastic products when participating in the Fair; Actively implement actions to maintain hygiene and protect the environment, aiming to implement VITM without plastic waste.
The Fair Organizing Committee will provide each booth with a large bottle of drinking water (20l) and 20 free paper cups for use each day. In addition to calling on the tourism business community to participate in reducing plastic waste from tourism activities, the Vietnam Tourism Association also calls on people and tourists participating in the Fair to actively respond and not use Use disposable plastic items./.
