URL GSTC Criteria - Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria

Keywords aims & definitions, criteria, criteria specification, measurement,
URL http://new.gstcouncil.org/resource-center/gstc-criteria
Target group(s) Destinations , Businesses
Topics Value Chain Management & Fair Trade , Destination Management , Certification & Marketing , Climate Change - Energy and Resource Efficiency , Knowledge Networking, Training and Education , Natural Heritage & Biodiversity , Human Rights & Labour Rights , Travel, Transport & Mobility
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The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Criteria) are the result of a worldwide effort to develop a common language about sustainability in tourism. Focusing on social and environmental responsibility, as well as the positive and negative economic and cultural impacts of tourism, the criteria are organized into four topics:

  • Sustainable management
  • Socioeconomic impacts
  • Cultural impacts
  • Environmental impacts
The criteria are used as guidance for tourism development world wide and as baseline for the international recognition of sustainable tourism standards and Certification programmes