2017 Theme: “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”

Diversity in species, ecosystems and landscapes attracts tourism and promotes economic growth.  In turn, a well-managed tourist sector can contribute significantly to reducing threats to, and maintain or increase, key wildlife populations and biodiversity values through tourism revenue.
The celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity under this theme provides an opportunity to raise awareness and action towards the important contribution of sustainable tourism both to economic growth and to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
This theme has been chosen to coincide with the observance of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and provides an opportunity to contribute to ongoing initiatives such as the Sustainable Tourism Programme.