October 2022

Green Destinations 2022 Conference

was a great success!

This year, we welcomed a record-breaking number of 250 delegates from 43 countries to our annual flagship conference, and hosted over 20 panels, workshops, and round table discussions with more than 60 speakers.

We would like to extend our warmest gratitude to all the concerned stakeholders who have helped us achieve the prime aim of the conference - to support destination managers and business leaders in delivering better and more sustainable tourism strategies and action plans by presenting success stories and peer-to-peer exchange of good practice experiences.

We also would like to extend our gratitude to our main sponsor and contributors - without them this event would not have been possible:

GD 2022 Host

Event Partner

Training Partner

World Tourism Day Host

Future of Tourism Summit Host

Did you miss out on the live-action from Athens? Wanting to re-live the exciting moments from the conference? We are glad to present the complete set of recordings of the Green Destinations 2022 Conference.

Watch the conference recordings here

Congratulations to the Green Destinations

Awarded and Certified Destinations

The Green Destinations Awards and Certification Program enables destinations to have their sustainability performance independently assessed and apply for Awards or Certification when sufficient levels of sustainability are achieved.

During the Green Destinations 2022 Gala Dinner Conference, the following 12 destinations accepted their Green Destinations Awards and Certifications:

Wagrain-Kleinarl (Austria)

Green Destinations Certified

Vail (USA)

Mountain IDEAL Certified

Åsnen (Sweden)
Green Destinations Award Platinum

Royal Djurgården (Sweden)

Green Destinations Award Platinum

Bagnoles de l’Orne (France)

Green Destinations Award Gold

Cascais-Estoril (Portugal)

QualityCoast Award Gold

Torroella de Montgrí-L’Estartit (Spain)
Green Destinations Award Gold

Kamaishi (Japan)
Green Destinations Award Silver

Águeda (Portugal)

Green Destinations Award Silver

Mali Lošinj (Croatia)

Green Destinations Award Silver

Sun Moon Lake (Taiwan)

Green Destinations Award Silver

Tivat (Montenegro)

Green Destinations Award Bronze

Checkout the Good Travel Guide to read inspiring stories of our featured destinations.

Award and Certification Ceremony at GD2022

2022 Green Destinations Top 100 Stories List

Green Destinations is proud to have unveiled the 2022 Top 100 Stories list. This year again, we celebrate an inspiring collection of Good Practice Stories for sustainable destination management.

Discover 100 stories from 38 countries around the globe focused on the 6th categories of submission: (1) Governance, reset and recovery; (2) Nature and scenery; (3) Environment and climate; (4) Culture and tradition; (5) Thriving communities; (6) Business and marketing.

Don’t miss the official launch of the 2023 Green Destinations Top 100 Stories on the 1st of November. Any interested local government, DMO, governmental or institutional stakeholders can start the application on behalf of a destination! Find all the information you need on the Call for Application, published on the Top 100 webpage linked below.

2022 Top 100 Selected Destinations

2023 Top 100 Call for Applications

Tourism for SDGs Self-Assessment

Green Destinations' Tourism for SDGs Self-Assessment Tool helps understand a destination's main strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the GSTC-recognised Green Destinations Standard.

About two weeks after you complete the survey, we will send you a free (no-obligation) report based on your responses. This will include your scores for all SDGs and an analysis of which tools are most suitable to make progress in your specific situation.

Get started

Take your business to the next level with the Good Travel Program

Is your business on the sustainable path already?

If yes, how effective is your strategy to showcase all the green measures your company is currently implementing?

The Good Travel Program supports travel business in understanding, measuring, and improving what they are doing, focusing their energy and resources. In addition, it is transparent (showing your business performance through detailed scorecards), affordable, suitable for any type and size of business, available worldwide, and it assists in promoting businesses to green travelers. We have the right tool for you, no matter where you are in your sustainable journey.

Learn more

Top 100 Stories - Partner Highlight

Our partners at Sustainability Leaders United are inviting you to showcase your innovative vision, approach and successes in tourism sustainability as part of their new series, on Sustainability-Leaders.com. Join Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia and other leading destinations – countries, regions and cities – and benefit from getting some kudos for your hard work. Different options are available to suit your budget.

We also recommend you the recently published book, Sustainability Leadership in Tourism, which includes an interview with Green Destinations founder, Albert Salman. For further information, please feel free to connect with Florian Kaefer (Sustainability Leaders United Founder) via email or LinkedIn.

If you have interesting news about your destination's sustainability

efforts share them with us!

Write us an email to: communication@greendestinations.org

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