Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean

Tourism pressures in the Mediterranean, which are expected to grow in the next 20 years, constitute a threat for the unique natural and cultural assets of the region. Therefore, new approaches to the coastal tourism development are needed allowing for the protection of both the environment from deterioration and the tourism industry from collapse. The "Destinations" project, co-financed by LIFE-Third Countries, illustrates one of these new approaches as it seeks to elaborate strategies for sustainable tourism development in the project countries (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) based on the Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment (TCCA) method and the Environmental Management System (EMS) tools.