Sustainable Destinations Bring to You the Best Immersive Activities

Three dimensions committed to guarantee its long-term sustainability that takes full account of its current and future economic return aspects, socio-cultural benefits improvement, and environmental impacts of resources preservation, addressing the needs of visitors, environment, local economy, and host communities.

This is a new model based on responsible practices at the environmental, economic and socio-cultural levels

The proof of the destination’s commitment to respect for its environmental, social, economic and cultural dimensions at a time when more and more travelers and visitors are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainable criteria in their choices opting for sustainability of tourism development.

The future of tourism is now, and it’s sustainable

Beaches & Islands

Nature & Ocean

Sports & Recreation

Food & Flavours

Art & Culture

History & Traditions

Health & Well-being

Hospitality & Travel

Shopping & Markets

Love & Wedding

Events & Shows

Mobility & Connectivity

Sustainability, a pillar of the tourism development strategy

Three pillars to support the sustainable tourism development policy towards the principles of 2030 Agenda for the SDGs

1) Environmental

Promote the integral management of the natural resources in a long-term perspective, ensuring the adjustment to the climate changes scenery towards renewable energy resources, fostering the protection and preservation of the ecosystems, diversity of species and fighting the loss of the biodiversity, in land as in the sea.

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2) Socio-cultural

Identity respect and appreciation and the ability of each neighborhood, each municipality, each village, with focus on local power and social cohesion, fighting the social inequalities and promoting the improvement of Health and Standard of Living of the population satisfying needs in health, education, housing, employment, etc.

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3) Economic

Promote a new model of economic development, sustainable, that conciliates and balances the structuring public investment with the private investment, through the establishment and qualification of the business enterprises, creating wealth, improving material living conditions and the sustainable and qualified working places.

Three pillars to support the sustainable tourism development policy towards the principles of 2030 Agenda for the SDGs

1) Environmental

2) Socio-cultural

3) Economic

Demonstrate Effective Sustainable Management

- Destination management responsibility;
- Destination management strategy and action plan;
- Monitoring and reporting;
- Enterprise engagement and sustainability standards;
- Resident engagement and feedback;
- Visitor engagement and feedback;
- Promotion and information;
- Managing visitor volumes and activities;
- Planning regulations and development control;
- Climate change adaptation, and;
- Risk and crisis management.

Maximize Economic Benefits to the Host Community and Minimize Negative Impacts

- Measuring the economic contribution of tourism;
- Decent work and career opportunities;
- Supporting local entrepreneurs and fair trade;
- Support for community;
- Preventing exploitation and discrimination;
- Property and user rights;
- Safety and security, and;
- Access for all.

Maximize Benefits to Communities, Visitors, and Culture; Minimize Negative Impacts

- Protection of cultural assets;
- Cultural artefacts;
- Intangible heritage;
- Traditional access;
- Intellectual property;
- Visitor management at cultural sites, and;
- Site interpretation.

Maximize Benefits to the Environment and Minimize Negative Impacts

- Protection of sensitive environments;
- Visitor management at natural sites;
- Wildlife interaction;
- Species exploitation and animal welfare;
- Energy conservation;
- Water stewardship;
- Water quality;
- Wastewater;
- Solid waste;
- GHG emissions and climate change mitigation;
- Low-impact transportation, and;
- Light and noise pollution.