REC280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: User Fee, Local Purchasing, Good Governance

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC280
• Professor: Karla Boluk

Document Summary

Rec 280 week 4b reading #2: fair trade tourism. Fair trade tourism south africa (fttsa) is a certification and non-governmental organization (ngo) primarily concerned with promoting sustainable tourism development. Fttsa emerged partly based on discussions carried out by an international advocacy group tourism concern. In addition, the government acknowledged that tourism was an opportunity to increase participation in the formerly segregated country, and a stimulus to create employment opportunities and thereby progress in south africa"s new democracy. Fttsa certification includes fair wages and working conditions, fair purchasing, fair operations, equitable distribution of benefits and respect for human rights, culture and the environment. Ftt is a civil society partnership, with a corporate ethical code of conduct and trade partnership, and a fair trade product that is monitored and certified. The national and international dialogue that took place leading up to the implementation of the fttsa certification demonstrates a form of good governance.