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(e) Ratify and implement international instruments, standards or
guidelines relevant to the tourism industry and Indigenous Peoples’ rights;
(f) Develop and enforce specific legislation and other culturally adequate
and gender-oriented measures to prevent illegal, abusive or exploitative tourist
activities, including sex trafficking and labour exploitation;
(g) Promote appropriate measures to inform tourists about the cultural
and ecological impacts of tourism activities, including signs and interpretive
displays to indicate and explain Indigenous cultural places, use of Indigenous
place names, destination-specific in-flight educational videos and other materials
on sustainable tourism;
(h)
Provide adequate support to Indigenous-led tourism initiatives by:
(i)
Removing fiscal and other regulatory hurdles;
(ii) Reducing administrative burdens to facilitate Indigenous Peoples’
access to capital and services;
(iii) Collecting data on Indigenous tourism to help inform the development
of programmes and policies;
(iv) Supporting Indigenous marketing initiatives and online and social
media presence to strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ capacity to raise
awareness about their tourism initiatives and promote their products in the
tourist markets in competitive ways;
(v) Developing, in consultation with Indigenous Peoples, adequate
infrastructures and services, such as Internet and transportation, especially
in rural areas;
(i) Undertake, in coordination and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples,
initiatives to facilitate Indigenous Peoples’ active participation at all levels of the
tourism development process, including transparent decision-making, sharing of
benefits, and awareness of the social, economic and environmental costs and
benefits;
(j) Provide adequate financial and human resources to support
Indigenous women’s entrepreneurship and leadership in the tourism sector,
including their participation in national and international meetings, and
recognize and encourage Indigenous women’s community-based tourism
projects, with their full and effective participation;
(k) Consult in good faith and obtain the free, prior and informed consent
of affected Indigenous Peoples before passing laws to restrict the trade and
importation of legally obtained wildlife products;
(l) Establish criteria for inclusive conservation of biodiversity and
natural resources and incorporate the limits of tourism carrying capacity, as well
as programmes for waste management, water conservation and pollution control,
with full respect for Indigenous spiritual activities.
88.
Businesses and non-State actors should:
(a) Respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in line with business
responsibilities to respect human rights under the Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights, beyond obligations under national legal
frameworks and as guaranteed under ILO Convention No. 169 and the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
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