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The GSTC Criteria and the UN SDGs What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals? In 2015, the UN set an ambitious 15-year plan to achieve by 2030, which addresses some of the most pressing issues the world is facing. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action by all countries, regardless of their [...]
GSTC in Thailand: Sustainable Tourism Development towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria for Destination (GSTC-D) A seminar on the theme 'Sustainable Tourism Development towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria for Destination (GSTC-D)' was delivered to the Thai Ministry of Tourism on 10 April 2018 in Bangkok. The [...]
B8: Support for Community The destination has a system to enable and encourage enterprises, visitors, and the public to contribute to community and sustainability initiatives.
Luigi Cabrini, GSTC Chair, spoke at the UN Ocean Conference side event "The Coral Triangle – Partnerships to Achieve SDG 14 in the World’s Epicenter of Marine Biodiversity", New York, June 6, 2017. The event was a follow up to the Coral Triangle Initiative Sustainable Marine Tourism Conference that was held in Bali, Indonesia, on [...]
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the “Preferred by Nature Standard for Sustainable Travel Activities v1.0” in English and Spanish, has gained GSTC-Recognized Standard status, meaning it has been fully recognized as equivalent to the GSTC Industry Criteria. Preferred by Nature is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting [...]
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the Bioscore Standard in English and Spanish has gained GSTC-Recognized Standard status, meaning they have been fully recognized as equivalent to the GSTC Industry Criteria. Bioscore is a technology company based in Valencia, Spain, that aims to integrate sustainability into hotels, enhancing competitiveness [...]
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau has joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is the official destination marketing and management organization for Tokyo. Its goal is to build economic prosperity and support community development through tourism. The bureau markets the city and communicates Tokyo's [...]
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the “Sustainable Operations Guidelines” of Six Senses has gained GSTC-Recognized Standard status, meaning that the guidelines document has been fully recognized as equivalent to the GSTC Industry Criteria. Six Senses Sustainable Operations Guidelines have been developed to ensure that all Six Senses properties [...]
Schedule | Testimonials | Certificate | Trainers | Registration Hotel Sustainability Training for Industry Professionals In partnership with Agoda and USAID, GSTC Hotel Sustainability Training is coming to Kathmandu, Nepal for the first time. This training aims to empower hoteliers to cultivate sustainable tourism practices and gain in-depth, practical knowledge [...]
The 16th annual Sicted Forum was held in Córdoba, Spain, on the 12th and 13th of March, 2024. The forum’s theme was: "A Step Further in Sicted: Towards the Sustainable and Digital Transformation of Tourist Destinations" and brought together over 150 professionals from the tourism industry and served as a platform for discussion, networking, [...]
