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CERTIFICATION QUICKFINDER

How do You Choose a Sustainable Tourism Certification?
The local-to-global Tourism Sustainability Certification Quickfinder helps tourism businesses, destinations and tour operators to quickly find those certifications which are available to them in their country or region, which also meet their expectations, needs and budgets. The Certification QuickFinder is that part of the Tourism 2030 Going Green Ecosystem that identifies certification bodies in the tourism Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) supply chain.

When using the online database, users can simply locate and compare certifications through a map-based interface showing profiles of certificate geographical scope; coverage of sustainability issues; their credibility level; and, importantly for promotion and marketing serivices, the visibility of their certified tourism products and services through the the global Travel Green Planet Maps in the Going Green Ecosystem.

The global map of certificates: 10 Categories ...

... with filters for Sustainability, Credibility and Services ...

Which certificates are available to your business or destination?

Recommended certifications worldwide

The following certifications provide full transparency on the Tourism2030 - Travel Green Planet Market Place:

They provide the descriptions of their profiles on the Certification Quickfinder and they regularly update the listings of their certified businesses and destinations on the common Travel Green Planet Maps, which are used by promotion and marketing partners to identify and to bring the better choice to the consumers!

Pro EmpCo: The private certifications declared that they already operate or aim to operate until 27th September 2026 according to the key requirements of the EU Empowering Consumers Directive.
DOWNLOAD: EmpCo Declaration for Certifications - TEMPLATE.

Green Globe Green Key TourCert Green Destinations Good Travel Seal Green Tourism Biosphere Sustainable Travelife for Accommodations Travelife Tour Operators EarthCheck 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 GSTC certification TOFT PUG&Footprint

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NOTE: The global list of environmental and sustainability certifications for tourism is periodically being revised and updated by ECOTRANS. For further information please contact 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 certification* 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)