Sustainable Destination Management
Strategies in the OIC Member Countries
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role. In many best practice countries, to ensure coordination between the various bodies, special
umbrella organizations are establishedwith key stakeholders from the tourismsector. In Denmark,
the Danish National Tourism Forum has a chairman from the Ministry of Industry, Business and
Financial Affairs with members from Visit Denmark, Danish regions, the tourism industry, and
tourism researchers.370
In OIC countries, mainly government and, in some instances, non-governmental organizations, are
involved in promoting sustainable tourism practices, however, the OIC countries case studies
indicate an absence of umbrella organizations facilitating coordination as in the case of best
practices countries.
Table 9: Regulatory Environment – Select Leading Non-OIC Countries
Main Responsible
Entities
National Plan
Sustainability
Focus
Sustainability
Legislation
Examples
Stringency &
Enforcement of
environmental
regulations371
Denmark372 Ministry of Industry,
Business & Financial
Affairs, Danish
National Tourism
Forum,
Visit Denmark,
Danish Coastal &
Nature Tourism,
Danish Business &
Conferencing
Tourism, Danish City
Tourism
Economic,
social &
environmental
sustainability
(Copenhagen)
The National
Tourism Law
focuses on
improving
coordination at
national,
regional, and
local levels
Stringency Score:
5.8
Enforcement Score:
6
New
Zealand373
Ministry for the
Environment,
Ministry for Culture
& Heritage,
Tourism New
Zealand,
Environmental
sustainability
and
guardianship of
resources
The Resource
Management
Act sets
national
environmental
standards for
and regulates
the
management of
Stringency Score:
5.6
Enforcement Score:
5.6
370 For more information, please refer to Denmark’s case study.
371 The scores are on a scale of 1 to 7 where 1 is defined as “very lax, among the worst in the world” and 7 is defined as
“among the world’s most stringent”.
372 For more information, please refer to Denmark’s case study.
373 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. (2013). Sustainable development of tourism destinations. Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation.