GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course in Ho Chi Minh City sponsored by Traveloka The successful completion of the GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is an important milestone in the efforts towards promoting sustainable tourism practices in the region. The course, which ran from March 1-3, 2023, was sponsored by Traveloka, [...]
GSTC Member News Singapore becomes certified to the GSTC Destination Criteria Singapore, 1st March 2023 – Singapore has been certified to the GSTC Destination Criteria by Vireo Srl, a GSTC-Accredited Certification Body. This reflects Singapore’s efforts and commitment in becoming a sustainable urban destination. Singapore’s achievement reflects the commitment towards the Singapore Green Plan 2030, and [...]
Sustainability certifications are a top priority for TUI: "Our sustainability certified hotels clearly signals hotels that demonstrate social and environmental good practice [...]" says Ian Corbett, Head of Sustainability in TUI Group's Labels and certifications are common in many different sectors and contexts. The travel industry also has numerous certification schemes. For TUI, these [...]
El turismo es una de las industrias más grandes y de más rápido crecimiento en todo el mundo. Sin embargo, debido a su gran alcance y complejidad, sabemos que el turismo puede tener un impacto significativo en el medio ambiente, la sociedad y la economía. Es por lo que cada vez es más importante [...]
Marina Bay Sands becomes certified to the GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels and Accommodations Singapore, 20 February 2023 – Marina Bay Sands has been certified to the GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels by a GSTC-Accredited Certification Body. The GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels aims to promote the best sustainable tourism practices around four main [...]
GSTC Offers Training Accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Participants The recent Online Sustainable Tourism Training for Indonesians that started on the 7th of February has been more inclusive than before. Accompanying our trainers CB Ramkumar (GSTC trainer and GSTC Vice-Chair) and Dr. Cherise Addinsall (GSTC trainer and Research Fellow at Southern Cross University) we [...]
The GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 has been translated into Uzbek and is available to download in the Criteria Translations section. GSTC Destinasiya Mezonlari v2.0 o‘zbek tiliga tarjima qilingan va uni Mezonlar tarjimalari bo‘limidan yuklab olish mumkin.
Informe sobre la Huella de Carbono de la Conferencia Global del GSTC2022 en Sevilla La Huella de Carbono de los eventos es un indicador que nos permite conocer el impacto que las diferentes fases de un evento tienen sobre el medio ambiente. A partir de este indicador, gracias al informe de Ecoterrae, podemos establecer [...]
Tricolage certified to the GSTC Criteria by Control Union Tricolage Inc., an inbound travel consulting company that promotes sustainable tourism in Japan, has been certified to the GSTC Criteria by Control Union (a GSTC-Accredited Certification Body) in December 2022, making Tricolage the first tour operator in Japan to achieve GSTC Certification by Control Union. [...]
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) signs MOU with Madhya Pradesh The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board on the 24th of January 2023, to help build Madhya Pradesh as a leading Sustainable Ecotourism Destination in India. GSTC was represented by CB Ramkumar, GSTC Vice-Chair [...]
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) signs MOU with Meghalaya Tourism Department The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Meghalaya Tourism Department on the 18th of January 2023, to help build Meghalaya as a leading Sustainable Destination in India. GSTC was represented by CB Ramkumar, GSTC Vice-Chair and South Asia [...]
Travel Unity (TU) and Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) sign MOU The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and Travel Unity (TU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aiming to improve and strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the two parties to generate respective synergies and promote the application of sustainability and Diversity, Equity, and [...]
Turismo sostenible en Latinoamérica y el Caribe | Conferencia Global de Turismo Sostenible #GSTC2022 Sevilla El pasado 13 de diciembre del año 2022, en el Congreso Global de Turismo Sostenible de Sevilla 2022 del GSTC, fue el primer panel de Turismo Sostenible de países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe en una conferencia GSTC. Organizado [...]
Heraklion, following an invitation from the European Commission, has been selected as a partner in the Urban Agenda for the EU partnership (URBAN AGENDA for the EU), which is being created in the new thematic area of Sustainable Tourism. Through this network of cities, Member States and stakeholders, Heraklion will play an active role [...]
