Joint Leaders Statement on Sustainable Coastal and Marine Tourism: Supporting Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ocean Economies

Coastal and marine tourism represents at least 50 percent of total global tourism.1 It constitutes the largest economic sector for most small island developing states and coastal states.
  

Coastal and marine tourism is highly dependent on the quality of ecosystems to attract visitors—and it is extremely vulnerable to threats such as climate change and biodiversity loss. 

A healthy ocean provides the foundation for a sustainable ocean economy. A sustainable, regenerative and resilient coastal and marine tourism sector can deliver protection, production and prosperity by stimulating new high quality, year-round, economic opportunities for local communities, restoring and strengthening the resilience of ecosystems in which they operate, and revitalising culture and heritage.  

 

The long-term viability and sustainability of coastal and marine destinations depends on enhanced efforts now to invest in regenerative approaches and improve its future resilience.  

Ambitious action to improve the sustainability of coastal and marine tourism can also make a significant contribution towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.  

We, the members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel)*, under the 可持续海洋经济的转型：保护、生产和繁荣的愿景 committed to the goal that by 2030 ‘coastal and ocean-based tourism is sustainable, resilient, addresses climate change, reduces pollution, supports ecosystem regeneration and biodiversity conservation and invests in local jobs and communities’ and the following priority actions to achieve it: 

 

• 投资于可持续旅游业，以再生其所依赖的生态系统，增强沿海社区和土著人民的复原力，通过促进平等机会和公平分配利益来减少不平等，并解决气候变化和污染问题。 
• 实施可持续旅游管理战略，推进环境、社会和经济优先事项，并在沿海社区和土著人民的充分参与下实现监测和透明报告。 
• 实施增加旅游收入对当地和土著社区的再投资的机制，以建设能力和技能，以增加当地旅游业的就业，使经济机会多样化，并增加沿海和海洋恢复和保护的资源。 

• 加快财政激励措施，将基于自然的解决方案纳入可持续旅游基础设施。 
• 投资于沿海和海洋旅游的污水处理和废水基础设施，以改善沿海社区的健康并减少对沿海和海洋生态系统的影响。 

 

To support an acceleration of progress on these priority actions, the Panel commissioned an expert report on ocean tourism, 改变沿海和海洋旅游业的机会：迈向可持续性、再生和复原力. As members of the Ocean Panel, we call on governments and marine and coastal tourism sector stakeholders to promote: 

 

• Greater co-operation and collaboration. Everyone in the tourism sector has a role to play, including supporting genuine partnerships that provide opportunities for leadership from local communities. 
• A seat at the table. Ensure tourism is integrated into the ocean, climate and biodiversity agendas and relevant international platforms. 
• Action on climate change. Accelerate efforts to reduce emissions across the tourism sector and align with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement and keeping within reach a 1.5oC limit to temperature rise, including through collaboration with countries and relevant non-state actors and initiatives, such as the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. 
• Nature-positive tourism. Utilise nature-based solutions to improve the resilience of coastal and marine tourism and ensure alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 
• Investment to support the transformation. To finance a positive transformation of tourism, existing financial and incentive structures will need to be revised and many destinations will require new innovative and sustainable financial mechanisms, including blended finance. 

安东尼·艾博年    澳大利亚总理	William Samoei Ruto  肯尼亚总统
贾斯汀·特鲁多   加拿大总理	安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥夫拉多尔    墨西哥总统
加布里埃尔·鲍里克  智利总统	哈格·根哥布 纳米比亚总统
Sitiveni Rabuka  斐济总理	乔纳斯·加尔·斯托尔    挪威首相
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo    加纳总统	Surangel Whipps, Jr.    帕劳总统
佐科维多多    印度尼西亚总统	安东尼奥·科斯塔    葡萄牙总理
Andrew Michael Holness   牙买加总理	Rishi Sunak  Prime Minister of United Kingdom
岸田文雄    日本首相	小约瑟夫·R·拜登  美利坚合众国总统