Sustainable tourism Article 9 of the Carpathian Convention

The Conference of the Parties

1. Noting the limited progress in the implementation of the Protocol on Sustainable Tourism, invites the Parties, the WG Tourism, the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform (CSTP) and the Secretariat to consider and propose next steps allowing for revitalization of the WG Tourism activities;
2. Invites CSTP to share information on its activities with the WG Tourism and the Secretariat on a regular basis and requests that the CSTP reports become an integral part of the overall Carpathian Convention Progress Report in the future;
3. Invites the relevant actors to proceed with the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Secretariat and: CSTP Centre Poland, CSTP Centre Romania, CSTP Centre Ukraine, if all formal requirements are met, at the earliest convenience, and in this respect encourages the Secretariat and CSTP to organize a virtual meeting between involved actors to discuss further steps of cooperation;
4. Thanks the CSTP Center Romania for coordinating the activities of the CSTP in 2017 – 2020 and invites the CSTP Center Poland to take the coordinating role for the next implementation period 2021 – 2023 during the Polish Presidency of the Carpathian Convention;
5. Welcomes the proposal of Romania, or other Parties, to organize the next meeting of the WG Tourism and requests the Secretariat to facilitate its organization in due course;
6. Notes the implementation of the “Cooperation of V4+ rural tourism actors through social and digital innovation project” under the Visegrad Fund, the “Etno Carpathia” project under the cross-border Interreg Poland-Slovakia Programme and the project “Thematic Trail Trigger” under the Interreg Europe Programme, and encourages the CSTP to share the results of the projects;
7. Takes note of the activities of the Centralparks project, especially the “Strategy for local sustainable tourism development based on natural and cultural heritage of the Carpathians”.