Sustainable Destination Management
Strategies in the OIC Member Countries
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Main Responsible
Entities
National Plan
Sustainability
Focus
Sustainability
Legislation Examples
Stringency &
Enforcement of
environmental
regulations377
Ministry of
Tourism, Arts and
Culture,
Maldives
Association of
Tourism,
Maldives Tourism
Promotion Board
coastal/vegetation lines,
sewage and wastewater
treatment,
constructions
percentage of island
area, etc.
Oman Ministry of
Tourism, Inter-
Ministerial
Committee for
Tourism (IMCT),
Ministry of
Heritage & Culture,
Ministry of
Environment &
Climate, Ministry
of Manpower,
Oman Tourism
Development
Company (Omran),
Improving
local
community
quality of life,
protection of
culture &
heritage, and
preservation
of natural
resources
The New Executive
Regulations of the
Tourism Law by way of
Ministerial Decision
39/2016 categorizes
castles and forts as
‘Archaeological Sites,’
and makes them under
the supervision of the
Ministry of Tourism.378
Stringency Score: 5
Enforcement Score:
5.1
Source: DinarStandard Analysis
3.3. Parameter 2: Stakeholder Engagement and Support
Formulating comprehensive long-term sustainable destination development plans requires
cooperation and coordination among various public, private, and non-governmental entities aswell
as with local communities. The internalization of sustainability values and practices and the
creation of a tourism culture invested in sustainability issues need the continuous and active
encouragement of stakeholder engagement as well as support for capacity building. Being open
to stakeholder ideas gathered through the various communication channels, from formal or
informal meetings to surveys and other means and creating platforms to ensure continuous
communication are essential for ensuring the support of stakeholders and their implementation
of sustainable tourism strategies and practices.379
378
379 UNWTO. (2016). Innovative catalysts boosting sustainability in the tourism sector based on cases and initiatives from
Germany. Retrieved from
nche_bf.pdf.