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 Installation of equipment for energy efficiency and production
of renewable energies such as solar cells (solar kits), solar fuels
or fuel cells.
 Promotion of closing the loop eco-principle solutions such as
agro-food biomass and waste reduction, etc.
The above efforts would make it possible to develop sustainable
tourism facilities, routes and individual itineraries.
Given that in their great majority the above activities would
contribute to the environmental protection, or in aliis verbis would
help reduce negative environmental impact ultimately leading to
environmentally, economically and socially sustainable [local]
economy, they could be considered as green jobs.
In our view, most jobs referred to above would also contribute
to the economic dimension of sustainable tourism and by their
nature they predominantly would be counted as indirect or induced
green jobs in the tourism industries.
Evidently, it would not be easy under circumstances to
distinguish between decent and not decent green jobs.

2.5.2 Data collection sources and methods
The main sources of information that may be used to assess how
many green jobs exist in tourism industries (activities) are censuses,
labour force and establishment surveys, administrative records
(although the latter may not be sufficiently efficient in this particular
case ). To optimise the resource used, it is suggested that, as far as
possible, the required data be collected by extending existing
surveys rather than by initiating totally new ones. The possibility of
incorporating new questions or modules in existing, on-going or
planned surveys should be explored in order to fill the data gaps.
Depending on national priorities, data collection could be
focused on key tourism activities (e.g., the largest in terms of their
contribution to the provision of environmentally-friendly goods and
services) and/or on those that have the greatest potential to change.
A pragmatic approach could be to focus on some resource
management subsectors (green tourism, agro-tourism, ecotourism,
green resorts and green or eco-hotels, national parks, sports and
recreation facilities, environmentally–friendly transport and catering,
etc.) where clear benchmarks exist (e.g., specific labels).

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