Mr. D'Amore

Louis D'Amore

Founder & President

International Institute of Peace through Tourism

Louis D'Amore is the Founder and President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT). He has been instrumental in promoting the travel and tourism industry as the world's first "Global Peace Industry" since the founding of IIPT in 1986. He has organized three Global Conferences on Peace through Tourism: Vancouver (1988), Montreal (1994), and Glasgow (1999); three Global Summits: Amman (2000), Geneva (2003); Pattaya, Thailand (2005); and three African Conferences on Peace through Tourism South Africa, (2002); Tanzania (2003); Zambia (2005). He is currently organizing the 4th IIPT African Conference Uganda (2007).

More than 40 prestigious international organizations have become members of IIPT's Coalition of Partners for World Peace through Tourism, each Partner committed to a Millennium Project with the aim of "Building a Culture of Peace through Tourism." IIPT activities also include promotion of the "IIPT Credo of the Peaceful Traveler, and a "Global Peace Parks Program" with more than 450 IIPT Peace Parks dedicated to date.

Mr. D'Amore has been a pioneer in promoting a social and environmental ethic within the travel and tourism industry since the mid-70's. In 1992, following the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Summit), he developed the world's first Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism. He also developed the Guidelines for the Pacific Asia Travel Association GreeenLeaf Program and has been a consultant to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP} on Codes of Conduct for Sustainable Tourism.

His consulting experience includes working with the private sector and governments at all levels in a range of areas including: tourism master plans, community development, social impact assessment, environment, natural resources, cultural/heritage development, and conflict resolution with an emphasis on win-win solutions.

Mr. D'Amore can be contacted at 802-253-8671 or ljd@iipt.org

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