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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 Green Travel Maps and other services for their applicants and members.

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Recommended certificates for your tourism business

Since the Covid-19 pandemic more national and international tourism organisations, tour operators and booking services than before are interested and feel encouraged to promote green travel options to the consumers.

The following list shows national and international certification programmes for hotels, camping sites and tour operators which

certify a basic to high level of sustainability (environment or more)> provide a high level of credibility (third party audit)
and transparency (profile, standard published, sharing their certified businesses on the Green Travel Maps)

RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATES FOR BUSINESSES

International certificates (operating in Europe and other regions)
Green Globe Green Key TourCert Green Tourism Biosphere Responsible Tourism Travelife for Accommodations Travelife Tour Operators EarthCheck Good Travel Seal GreenSign

Certificates in Europe

Bio Hotels ECOCAMPING EU Ecolabel EMAS Austrian Ecolabel for Tourism Certified Green Hotel DEHOGA Umweltcheck Eco-Romania ibex fairstay Eco Certification EcoLabel Luxembourg Legambiente Turismo Sustainable Holiday Residence

Certificates in Africa
Green Star Hotel Fair Trade Tourism Responsible Tourism Tanzania

Certificates in Latin America

Preferred by Nature Hoteles + Verdes Great Green Deal

Certificates in Asia and Oceania
Toftigers PUG and Footprint Ecotourism Australia

Is your certification programme missing?

Please contact: herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de

All certificates with profiles & maps

The following certification programmes are using the free global tools on the independent public Tourism2030.eu platform:

a. the Certification Quickfinder to raise their visibility in the global market of sustainable tourism certification, and

b. the Green Travel Maps to support the visibility and market access of their certified tourism.

Your certificate is missing? Please contact herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de

Certificates Operating Worldwide

Green Globe Green Key Green Pearls TourCert Green Destinations Blue Flag Green Tourism QualityCoast Biosphere Responsible Tourism Travelife for Accommodations Travelife Tour Operators EarthCheck Green Sign

Certificates Operating in Europe (in 2 or more countries)

Alpine Pearls Blaue Schwalbe Bio Hotels ECOCAMPING EU Ecolabel Europarc Umweltgütesiegel auf Alpenvereinshütten EMAS

National Certificates in Europe

Austrian Ecolabel for Tourism Certified Green Hotel DEHOGA Umweltcheck Eco-Romania VIABONO ibex fairstay Eco Certification EcoLabel Luxembourg Legambiente Turismo

Regional Certificates in Europe

Biosphärengastgeber Bliesgau Wattenmeer Müritz Terres de l'Ebre Club La Palma EcoDomus

Certificates in Africa

Green Star Hotel Fair Trade Tourism Responsible Tourism Tanzania

Certificates in America

Hoteles + Verdes Great Green Deal NEPCon

Certificates in Asia

Toftigers PUG and Footprint

Certificates in Oceania

Ecotourism Australia

Is your certification programme missing?

Please contact: herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de

10 Categories for filtering

	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

Your filters for sustainability, credibility and services

	SUSTAINABILITY Coverage of sustainability issues in the standard
	GSTC recognised Full coverage. At least one standard of the certification programme is recognised by the GSTC Comprehensive 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 but not GSTC accredited Desk, random or 2nd party audit Verification system less independent or less credible than 3^rd party audit 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)

Transparency on each certificate

The certificates are invited to complete their profiles on Tourism2030 with following information:

- In which countries do they operate?

- Which tourism categories can be certified?

- How far do their criteria cover all sustainability aspects?
- How credible is their auditing system?

- Are their standards available online for free?
- Do they show their certified businesses and destinations on the Tourism2030 Green Travel Maps?

- Which other services do they provide?

The certificates' profiles are published on the Quickfinder. The detailed profiles and maps allow tourism businesses, destinations and tour operators to identify and work with those certificates which meet best their expectations and needs.

See a list of certificates with their Profiles and Green Maps!

All on the Global Map

Which sustainability certificates you can choose for your business or destination?

1. Select your "Category" and/or filter by your "Country"
2. Filter the available certificates: operational level, sustainability, credibility
3. View their profile(s) & make your choice!

TIP: on the Green Travel Maps you can select more than 50 leading certificates worldwide to see their certified businesses and destinations in your country of interest!

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