en.tucum.org - Principles and guidelines

1.    The tourism activities are developed by organized groups and the projects are collective and family based.

2.    Tourism is integrated within the local productive dynamics, without substituting the traditional economic activities.

3.    The planning and managing of activities are the responsibility of the local community organization.

4.    Community-based tourism is rooted in ethics and solidarity to establish the commercial relations and exchange between the community and the visitors.

5.    Community-based tourism promotes the equal generation and distribution of income in the community.

6.    Community-based tourism is founded on the diversity of cultures and traditions, promoting the valorization of local production, culture and identities. 

7.    Community-based tourism promotes a direct and constant relationship among groups that also experience a different tourism establishing relations of cooperation and partnership among themselves. 

8.    Community-based tourism is founded on the construction of a relationship between society, culture and nature that seeks socio-environmental sustainability.