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Unit for conservation: community members, authorities and Sernanp agree responsible tourism model in Huascaran.More than 200 community members, local authorities, transport entrepreneurs and tourist leaders met in the province of Yungay to consolidate key commitments in favor of a safer, formal and sustainable tourism within the Huascaran National Park.
The meeting, organized by the National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State (Sernanp), an agency assigned to the Ministry of Environment, reaffirmed that the success of sustainable tourism depends on participatory management: a model that involves local communities, service providers, authorities and organized population. This articulation will protect the biodiversity of the protected natural area, guarantee the safety of visitors and improve tourist experience.
Authorities such as the Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Ancash, the Regional Advisory Committee of Tourism, the General Management and Deputy Management of Transportation and Tourism of the Provincial Municipality of Yungay participated in the meeting, as well as the Tourism Police of the Huaraz province. In addition, leaders of the United Community overcome, who perform a strategic role in the shared management of tourism in the area.
Sernanp stressed that tourism formalization will improve the quality of services, increase regional competitiveness and ensure that tourist activity directly contributes to the conservation of the Huascaran National Park.
The Park Headquarters calls on tour operators to voluntarily add to the formalization process and to be part of a new vision of ordered, inclusive and sustainable tourism.
