gandzenge

Under the theme “Co-creating life-changing tourism experiences”, the 2016 Sustainable & Smart Tourism Forum (2016 SSTF) has been designed to offer a platform and a playground for gaining and sharing knowledge, skills and good practices around the world, in the fields of sustainable and smart tourism as well as smart cities. The 2016 SSTF is [...]

The 2016 Mekong Tourism Forum was hosted in Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 5-9 July, 2016. Under the theme, ‘Authentic Experiences along the Mekong River’, the tourism event for the Mekong region showcased emerging tourist destinations and trends in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). The Mekong Tourism Forum 2016 was supported by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. [...]

On World Tourism Day, 27th September, the Global Green Destinations Day conference (27-28.9.2016), will take place in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia which was recognized as the European Green Capital 2016. The 2-day international event is supported by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. The Global Green Destinations Day will present the [...]

On World Tourism Day, 27th September, the Global Green Destinations Day conference (27-28.9.2016), will take place in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia which was recognized as the European Green Capital 2016. The 2-day international event is supported by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. The Global Green Destinations Day will present the exclusive awards ceremony for the [...]

As recognition of the efforts made by the destinations which participated in and completed the ETIS pilot phases, the European Commission is organising the ETIS and Accessible Tourism Awards 2016.  GSTC Chair Luigi Cabrini will deliver a keynote address at this important awards event.  Categories include Overall Sustainable Destination Management Approach, Sustainable and Responsible Management [...]

World Tourism Forum Global Meeting 2016, Istanbul World Tourism Forum Global Meeting is held once in a year, bringing together world tourism leaders and representatives in one place for networking, negotiations and defining future tourism trends. In Global Meeting participants had a chance to exhibit their services and products to the world in World Tourism [...]

The Guidelines are intended to apply to all forms of tourism accommodation, from large hotels and resorts to a remote community based guesthouse in Papua New Guinea! The GSTC has been a member of International Standards Organisation Technical Committee on Tourism for a number of years and was a major [...]

GSTC board member Kelly Bricker, along with Rosemary Black, contributed the chapter “Framework for Understanding Sustainability in the Context of Tourism Operators” to the newly published Reframing Sustainable Tourism.   The GSTC Criteria for Hotels and Tour Operators features prominently in the chapter, which serves to help operators maximize their impact on social, economic, environmental and cultural heritage [...]

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council was awarded the presigious “Premio Gorila” Award for 2014 by Loro Parque.  The GSTC received the award for its environmental responsibility as the most important contributor to the proper management of the environment sustaining ecotourism and being socially sustainable.  Loro Parque noted in particular the addition of GSTC’s Sustainable Training [...]