Sustainable Destination Management
Strategies in the OIC Member Countries
107
Main Responsible
Entities
National Plan
Sustainability
Focus
Sustainability
Legislation
Examples
Stringency &
Enforcement of
environmental
regulations371
Energy Efficiency &
Conservation
Authority,
Tourism Industry
Association,
Sustainable Business
Council
natural
resources
including land
use
Germany374 Ministry of
Environment,
Conservation, Nature,
Construction &
Nuclear Safety,
German National
Tourist Board,
Federal Agency for
Nature Conservation,
German Tourism
Association
Promotion of
climate-friendly
vacations,
mobility and
accommodation
The Act on the
Assessment of
Environmental
Impacts sets
guidelines for
projects’
environmental
impact
assessments
Stringency Score: 6
Enforcement Score:
5.7
Source: DinarStandard Analysis
Furthermore, based on the analysis of the stringency and enforcement of environmental
regulations scores from the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness
Report, OIC seem to be lagging behind best practice countries in both areas. 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.” Scores for best practice countries were above 5.5 in both
categories, while the average score for the 33 OIC countries covered in the report was 3.5 in both
categories. The highest performing OIC country was the United Arab Emirates with a score of 5.5 in
both categories, while the lowest performing country was Yemen with a score of 1.7 on stringency
of regulations and 1.8 on enforcement of regulations.375
374 UNWTO. (2016). Innovative catalysts boosting sustainability in the tourism sector based on cases and initiatives from
Germany. Retrieved from
nche_bf.pdf.
375 World Economic Forum. (2017). The travel & tourism competitiveness report 2017. Retrieved from