CERTIFICATION QUICKFINDER

Which certificates for Sustainable Tourism?
The Global Certification Quickfinder helps tourism businesses, destinations and tour operators to find those certificates which are available to them in their country and which meet their expectations on the coverage of sustainability issues, the credibility level, the visibility of their certified tourism on the global Travel Green Maps and other services for their applicants and members.

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Recommended certificates for businesses and destinations worldwide

See their profiles & their certified businesses and destinations on the Travel Green Planet Maps:

Green Globe Green Key TourCert Green Destinations Good Travel Seal Green Tourism Biosphere Responsible Tourism Travelife for Accommodations Travelife Tour Operators EarthCheck Bio Hotels ECOCAMPING EU Ecolabel Austrian Ecolabel for Tourism Eco-Romania Green Sign ibex fairstay Certified Green Hotel EcoLabel Luxembourg Green Star Hotel Fair Trade Tourism Hoteles + Verdes Preferred by Nature Ecotourism Australia TOFTigers PUG Ecorating

See their profiles:

Nature's Best Kenya Eco-Rating Certification Certification for Sustainable Tourism Distincion Turismo Sustentable Sakura Quality Sustainable Tourism Network Ireland The Seychelles Sustainability Label Qualmark

NOTE: The global list of recommended environmental and sustainability certificates for tourism is currently being revised and updated by ECOTRANS. You will soon find more certificates on this list and the map. For further information please contact the administrator Herbert Hamele/ ECOTRANS: herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de

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	Accommodation Providers Hotels, guesthouses, youth hotels, pensions, holiday houses and resorts
	Camping Campsites for tents, mobil homes, caravans
	Restaurants & Catering Services including cantines, bars and cafes
	Attractions e.g. museums, historic buildings, convention centres, natural and cultural sites
	Activities include indoor and outdoor activities to practice sport or to get natural or cultural experiences
	Shopping places where tourists buy souvenirs, handcraft or farmers' products
	Tour operators, travel agents, intermediaries operating on local, national or international level, including DMOs offering travel packages to experience their destination
	Packages travel packages offered to tourists
	Transport & Mobility Services public and private services to transport tourists on water, earth or in the air
	Destinations cities, towns, counties and regions with an own destination management organisation

	SUSTAINABILITY Coverage of sustainability issues in the standard
	*Comprehensive* Full coverage. At least one standard of the certification programme is “GSTC recognised” or was “GSTC recognised” in 2024 and has not been changed since. *Environmental plus* Coverage of environmental and at least some social, cultural and/or economic issues *Environmental* Coverage of environmental issues *Unspecified* Not yet specified for the search /filtering (at least covering envoronmental issues)
	CREDIBILITY Verification system applied to show evidence of the compliance with the standard
	*GSTC accredited* 3rd party audit complying with the GSTC requirements (The GSTC accreditation only applies to tour operators, accommodations and destinations) *3rd party audit* independent external audit on-site *Desk, random or 2nd party audit* Verification system without onsite audit, less independent or less credible than 3^rd party audit on-site *Unspecified* Not specified for the search /filtering (all labels with either the one or the other type of verification)
	SERVICES Additional services (beside certification) provided by the certification programme to raise awareness and to support applicants and certified businesses
	Certified tourism map on Tourism 2030 The certification programme has published its certified tourism on the Tourism2030 Green Travel Maps (See: Certificates with Profiles & Maps) Standard published online for free Link to the standard/s on the certificate’s website More services More services are listed on the certificate’s profile with links e.g. to online self-check or training Unspecified Not specified for the search /filtering (all labels with either the one or the other or no service)