Global Sustainable Tourism Council

Programs: Accreditation panel: during 2017 the "integrity program" was re-organized. The program name was removed as the program was reduced from three components to two; with each now referred to distinctly rather than as a group. "accredition" consists of gstc placing a quality mark on the standards and/or processes of certificaiton bodies that certify travel and tourism products as "sustainable". "recognition" consists of verifying that the owner of a set of standards for sustainable tourism comply with the global baseline standards, the gstc criteria.

destinations: as an accreditation body, gstc places marks for certifying bodies that certify touristic destinations as sustainable. Additionally, to assist policy-makers at the national, provincial or state level, plus destination managers at the municipal level, which are always public sector gstc offers planning and capacity-building tools. For planning, we provide assessments of current situation with recommendations for future action. For capacity-building we offer multi-day training session

education and training: gstc offers various forms of multi-day training classes for all players in travel and tourism including the private sector, public sector, ngo's, and academia. These comes in various forms: participant-paid (for example in bangkok, thailand and washington dc usa), sponsored sessons (for example, in japan and laos) and training of auditors of certification bodies that have been accredited by gstc ( for example ithailand and the netherlands. Institutions (for example in bra

during 2017 gstc increased its' engagement in advisory services to ministries of tourism throughout advisory services to ministries of tourism throughout