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- The Community shall, in collaboration with competent international organisations, formulate proposals for sustainable tourism development. These proposals shall recognise the importance of the tourism sub-sector to the economic development of the Region, and the need to conserve its cultural and natural resources and to maintain a balance between a healthy ecology and economic development.
- The programme for sustainable tourism development shall have the following objectives:
(a) an enhanced image for the Region as a tourist destination;
(b) a diversified tourism product of a consistently high quality
(c) an expanded market-base;
(d) education programmes designed to ensure that appropriate practices are pursued by service-providers;
(e) linkages with other sectors in the economy;
(f) conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Region through proper management; and
(g) appropriate infrastructure and other services in support of tourism, considering the natural and social carrying-capacity of the Member States
