Delivering a Sustainable Perspective of Tourism Development in the Mediterranean

Tamkeen for Sustainable Tourism Development (TASUD) is a none for profit company that has been established in 2020, in Jordan, in response to the grave and adverse impact by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on global and Jordan’s tourism and the Jordanian hospitality sector at large.

Many jobs are being lost and numerous small businesses are sustaining losses or at risk of closure due to travel restrictions and safety measures by governments – all of which are threatening increased unemployment, poverty, disparity, culture, and heritage, aggravated – and often irreversible destroying of nature and preservation efforts.

TASUD believes that tourism is a force for a better life; when managed responsibly it can transform people’s livelihoods and build resilient communities while preserving and safeguarding the environment. TASUD – while locally oriented, operates within the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs: 2030) and commits to the principles of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Code of Ethics to guide its agenda.

Potential partner countries interested in establishing/ strengthening the role of an economic sector that has a immediate stake in the vibrancy of local heritage, development and sustained resilient communities - tourism and hospitality. While the sector is a vibrant hub of economic generation, it is underdeveloped as a hub for adaptive water management, particularly in terms and applications of water reuse and applications in surrounding areas that are at a water deficit (i.e. aiding in greening local and surrounding areas, contributing to an overall investment in the resilient- and aesthetic- component of a community.

Transference of maximizing water use / water circularity in tourism

Local Heritage, Water Scarcity, Carrying Capacity, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Restorative Actions

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