| Briefing reporters about the fourth WCTE-UNWTO meet, C P K Nair, chairman, Leela Palace and Resorts and India member, WCTE (UNWTO), said its fourth annual meeting in Bangalore was for the first time in an Asian country. |
| The meeting would be debating setting up a task force to protect children from sexual exploitation and a proposal for the establishment of an advisory body. |
| The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) is a comprehensive set of principles whose purpose is to guide stakeholders in tourism development like Central and local governments, local communities, the tourism industry and its professionals, as well as visitors, both international and domestic. |
| "The code was adopted in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly in Santiago De Chile in 1999. Since then, UNWTO's membership and influence in world tourism has continued to grow. By December 2005, our membership included 150 countries, seven territories and some 350 affiliate members, representing the private sector, educational institutions, tourism associations and local tourism authorities," said WCTE chairman Diego Cardovez. |
| The meeting also hopes to draft implementation parameters for the 'Global Code of Ethics and Tourism', dissemination of information at national and international levels and action by the public and private sectors, he said. |
| The public and private sectors' involvement would revolve around the responsible tourist and traveller, the 'code of ethics' passport, tourism and human rights initiative and reporting on the implementation of code of ethics by educational institutions. |
| "It is indeed an honour for me to host the 4th World Committee on Tourism Ethics which is being held in Asia for the first time. This is a great occasion for Leela Venture to host a conference of this stature," Nair said. |
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