The Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria has announced the release of landmark universal sustainable tourism criteria, a new global framework intended as a guide to the practice of sustainable tourism.
The criteria focus on best practices in four fundamental areas:
- maximizing social and economic benefits to local communities
- reducing negative impacts on cultural heritage
- reducing harm to local environments
- planning for sustainability.
The Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria is a new coalition of 27 leading tourism organisations from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Consultations have involved sustainability experts and tourism industry representatives, as well as a review of more than 60 existing certification standards from around the world.












