Job opportunities and Internships

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities

AYLAC Funding & Grants Internship Available – Applications should be submitted by April 27, 2025.

AYLAC Technical Secretariat Internship Available – Applications should be submitted by April 27, 2025.

Any volunteer or internship opportunities will be advertised here.

If you send us speculative CVs, we might not be able to reply.

We expect you to be familiar with the GSTC, for example taking one of the courses, attending an event, etc.

Our people make the mission possible

GSTC is made up of passionate, dedicated team from around the world, united by a common mission to support a more sustainable tourism sector based on shared standards and proper assurance of claims.

Get to know GSTC

Interested in joining us? Learn more about who we are, how we work, and what we’re supporting.

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC®) is managing the GSTC Standards, as well as providing international accreditation for sustainable tourism Certification Bodies.

The GSTC Standards (formerly known as GSTC Criteria) serve as the global standards for sustainability in travel and tourism. The Standards are used for education and awareness-raising. They’re used for policy-making, measurement and evaluation reasons and as a basis for certification.

They are the result of a worldwide effort to develop a common language about sustainability in tourism. They are categorized in four pillars: (A) Sustainable management; (B) Socioeconomic impacts; (C) Cultural impacts; (D) Environmental impacts.

These standards were built on decades of prior work from industry experts around the globe. During the process of development, they were widely consulted in both developed and developing countries. They reflect our goal in attaining a global consensus on sustainable tourism.

The GSTC Standards are developed based on GSTC Standard Setting Manual v3.0, where the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Sustainability Systems is used as a reference. The ISEAL Alliance is the international body providing guidance for the management of sustainability standards in all sectors. That code is informed by relevant ISO standards.

Finally, the GSTC Standards are the starting goals that businesses, governments, and destinations should achieve. Tourism destinations each have their own culture, environment, customs, and laws. Therefore, the Standards are designed to be adapted to local conditions and supplemented by additional standardsfor the specific location and activity.

You can also join one of the regular GSTC Sustainable Tourism courses.