Cape Town Ten Years on: South Africa Outlines Plans to Continue its Global Leadership in Responsible Tourism

The first country in the world to include Responsible Tourism as government policy in 1996 and currently the only globally-recognised Fair Trade tourist destination, South Africa played a fitting role leading the discussion at the International Conference ‘Taking Responsibility for Tourism’ on 21 June 2012 at the South African High Commission, London. The conference followed the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. The Deputy Minister for Tourism in South Africa, Tokozile Xasa, outlined South Africa’s vision for the future and measures which will build on the