Given its long experience in ICZM and in tourism-related activities PAP/RAC was approached by the UNEP/DTIE office in Paris regarding the preparation of a Manual for inclusion of sustainable tourism planning in the ICZM process. A first draft of this Manual was prepared by a group of authors appointed by PAP/RAC and submitted to UNEP/DTIE for examination by the end of May 2007. On 11-12 June 2007 PAP/RAC organised, in its premises in Split, an expert meeting to discuss and revise this first draft and decide upon a pilot application of the Manual in a suitable area. The meeting was attended by PAP/RAC officers and consultants who are the authors of the Manual, a representative of UNEP/DTIE as well as representatives of the UNDP/GEF project “Coast” and the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development.
