Sustainable Tourism in Action: How Businesses and Destinations Create Impact
Target Participants
- Tour operators and travel agencies
- Destination management organizations (DMOs) and tourism boards
- Travel trade associations
- Tourism businesses seeking sustainability certification or improvement
- Consultants and trainers in sustainable tourism
Training Objectives
- Understand the evolving global landscape of sustainable tourism — including key
policies, frameworks, and emerging trends shaping responsible travel.
- Recognize how sustainability principles are being applied in real-life examples from
certified tourism businesses (Good Travel Seal) and destinations (Green Destinations).
- Explore practical tools, standards, and initiatives that support measurable progress and
align pathways towards sustainable tourism certification.
- Apply the Good Travel Alliance Framework to design Good Travel Experiences that
integrate sustainability across the tourism value chain — from business operations to
visitor engagement.
Fee: $ 250.00
PROGRAM
1. The Changing Landscape of Sustainable Tourism
- Global and regional sustainability trends
- Policy shifts and frameworks (UN SDGs, EU Green Transition, GSTC)
- Market expectations and traveler behavior
2. Learning from Good Practices
- Case studies from Good Travel Seal businesses and Green Destinations
- Tools and actions that worked
- Key success factors and lessons learned
3. Sustainability in the Tourism Value Chain
- Mapping the tourism value chain
- Identifying sustainability touchpoints for businesses and destinations
- Role of collaboration and shared responsibility
4. Workshop: Designing Good Travel Experiences
- Introduction to the Good Travel Alliance Framework
- Workshop activity: participants design a “Good Travel Experience” integrating
sustainability principles (environmental, socio-cultural, economic)
- Group sharing and feedback
5. Wrap-up and Reflection
- Key takeaways
- Reflection: from good practice to great impact
- Resources and next steps
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Participants will leave the session with:
- A clearer understanding of current sustainability trends and frameworks in tourism.
- Inspiration and practical insights from real-world examples.
- A conceptual design of a Good Travel Experience they can adapt to their own business
or destination context.