Destination Mutual Benefit A Guide to Inclusive Business in Tourism

This guide shows businesses working along the tourism value chain how to align development impacts with core business goals and thereby achieve mutual benefits. Based on desktop research, case studies, and expert interviews and feedback, this guide maps out opportunities for inclusion along with challenges, solutions and partners who can provide support. This report primarily addresses companies along the tourism value chain. International and local tour operators, transport companies, hotels, restaurants, souvenir producers and vendors, and activity providers can find inspiration and guidance on how to work more closely with local communities in generating business and development benefits. To make insights actionable, the report provides opportunities for self-assessment, idea generation and planning.