Sustainable tourism master plan 2015-2025 the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Abstract

The Sustainable Tourism Master Plan (STMP) adopts the NTDP vision for tourism in Ethiopia and its specific objectives as the base guiding principles and uses an integrated model of tourism planning including Destination competitiveness and sustainable tourism development approaches. Specifically, the STMP is guided by the following underlying principles: Tourism planning should adopt a system approach to development focusing not only on the development processes but also on the necessary inputs and outputs. Tourism development should be sustainable providing equity for both inter-generational, (whereby the current exploitation of tourism resources should not compromise the ability of future generations), and intra-generational, taking into account issues relating to enhancing social justice and poverty alleviation. The main aim of this STMP is to establish a national framework for sustainable tourism development with a view to contributing to socio-economic development and poverty alleviation. The STMP therefore, sets out 10 Strategic pillars, priority projects and activities in a long-term implementation framework covering 2015–2025. These are broken down into short term, medium term and long term planning horizons.