A/78/162 VIII. Other models of tourism with positive effects on Indigenous Peoples 73. In Argentina, initiatives are in place at the federal, provincial and local levels. The federal Government has helped to create the Red Argentina de Turismo Rural Comunitario (Argentine Network of Rural Community -based Tourism) to provide technical assistance to Indigenous Peoples to help strengthen local tourist developments. In 2022, the General Council of Education of the Province of Misiones approved the creation of the Raul Karai Correa Higher Institute of Indigenous Community Tourism. The institute is the result of a coordinated effort among Indigenous Peoples, the MATE project (Argentine Model for Tourism and Employment) and Travolution Argentina, supported by the provincial Ministry of Tourism and the governors of Misiones. The institute offers a thr ee-year vocational technical training programme, including Interpreter Guide of Natural and Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Tourism Manager. 122 Local authorities and the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña (High Altitude Archaeological Museum) entered int o an agreement with Indigenous leaders to pay restitution for the “Children of Llullaillaco” exhibit of three Indigenous children whose bodies were discovered in well-preserved condition. 74. The Government of Mexico has promoted a programme to support Ind igenousled tourism services and products that preserve, transmit and share heritage and knowledge. 123 The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples runs a website that highlights 95 tourist sites of high cultural, natural and historical value that are managed by Indigenous Peoples. 75. The Guatemalan Institute of Tourism reported that funding from Swisscontact helped Indigenous Peoples of the Bombil Pek community to receive technical training, equipment and consultations on how to develop tourism. The organi zation also helps Indigenous women weavers of the Ri Aj Poop Batz organization and trains and accredits community members as local guides in the communities of Samac, Chicoj and Ri Aj Poop Batz. 124 76. In Ecuador, the Ministry of Tourism, in coordination with international organizations, promotes technical assistance projects to enhance ecotourism initiatives and enterprises led by Indigenous Peoples. 125 Ecuador has implemented the project “Development of productive alternatives and sustainable livelihoods in the Kichwa Añangu community”, which is aimed at strengthening community agricultural practices, increasing tourism activities, including the “Frog safari”, and protecting biodiversity while conserving traditional practices and creating jobs . 77. Following a country visit to Namibia in 2013, the mandate holder commended the Government for its management of Bwabwata National Park in consultation with the Kyaramacan Association, which represents the Khwe San Indigenous Peoples living within the park. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism facilitated the establishment of innovative land use and benefit-sharing arrangements with the Kyaramacan Association to gain concessions to benefit economically from big game trophy hunting and to build a tourism lodge. The mandate holder reported that despite such promising developments, the Khwe San still faced numerous challenges with respect to economic assistance and capacity-building to get their development __________________ 122 123 124 125 23-13642 Submission Submission Submission Submission by by by by MATE (Argentine Model for Tourism and Employment). Mexico. Guatemala. Ecuador. 21/25