Sustainable Tourism Certification

Türkiye
Sustainable Tourism Certification
Empowering Tourism Businesses through Sustainable Certification Programs
CHALLENGE

Türkiye aims to ensure that tourism businesses and actors are appropriately trained and prepared for sustainable tourism standards.

INITIATIVE

The country developed the Sustainable Tourism Program and Certification system – a training programme that would ensure businesses comply with the latest environmental, social, economic and cultural sustainable criteria. These criteria were developed to be directly linked with several SDGs.

IMPACT

By 2030, the country hopes to certify 24,500 businesses through this programme to push this part of the tourism sector towards achieving the SDGs.

Source: G20 members and guest countries survey for the preparation of the Goa Roadmap for Tourism as a vehicle for achieveing the SDGs (2023)