DECLARATION OF ARONA on sustainable development and competitiveness at tourist destinations

DECLARATION OF ARONA ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS AT TOURIST DESTINATIONS

We, the participants in the International Conference on ¿Sustainable Development
and Competitiveness at Tourist Destinations¿ assembled in Arona,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on June 16th, 2017, the International Year of
Sustainable Tourism for Development,
Acknowledging that sustainability is no longer only an option or an attribute
but rather an unrenounceable commitment for guiding tourism-related
development at destinations, and that competitiveness and sustainability
have today become a inseparable pairing in any future-facing tourism policy;
Considering sustainable tourism also as a tourism that respects both the
inhabitants of the location as well as visitors, and in addition, treats cultural
heritage and the environment responsibly;