"Stakeholders in tourism development" according to UNWTO
The term “stakeholders in tourism development” includes, according to UNWTO, the following players:
- national governments;
- local governments with specific competence in tourism matters;
- tourism establishments and tourism enterprises, including their associations;
- institutions engaged in financing tourism projects;
- tourism employees, tourism professionals and tourism consultants;
- trade unions of tourism employees;
- tourism education and training centers;
- travellers, including business travellers, and visitors to tourism destinations, sites and attractions;
- local populations and host communities at tourism destinations through their representatives;
- other juridical and natural persons having stakes in tourism development including non-governmental organizations specializing in tourism and directly involved in tourism projects and the supply of tourism services."