EarthCheck (previously known as EC3 Global), an
international tourism
International tourism is tourism that crosses national borders. Globalisation has made tourism a popular global leisure activity. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual e ...
advisory group. It is headquartered in
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
and was developed by the
Sustainable Tourism CRC, a research centre specialising in
sustainable tourism and research.
In June 2010, the
Sustainable Tourism CRC (STCRC), completed its formal
research
Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...
agreement with the
Australian Commonwealth Government. As one of Australia's most successful
research centres, it evolved into three International legacy projects. These include
Sustainable Tourism Online, the
not-for-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
EarthCheck Research Institute (ERI) and the
APEC
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pac ...
International Centre for Sustainable Tourism. All of these centres for excellence are supported by EarthCheck.
[http://www.crctourism.com.au/; permanently archived at https://www.webcitation.org/5sjXNipDH?url=http://www.crctourism.com.au/]
References
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Environment of Australia
Sustainable tourism