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Europe
leads the way in establishing environmental and sustainable
development legislation and management frameworks.
Europe is a global leader in eco-labelling, particularly for tourism, and
there are schemes and initiatives throughout the region. Nine of the most
respected and longstanding national tourism eco-labels have allied to establish
a European Association known as the Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability
in Tourism or VISIT.
These labels generally require accommodation to be of a reasonable quality,
although the GTBS retains its unique status as the only one where membership
of a quality grading system is mandatory. We at the GTBS have visited a
number of eco-labelled establishments, particularly in the Netherlands,
Italy and Austria and we are confident that these areas meet at least a
good basic quality standard.
If you do visit any properties in these or any other areas in Europe or
outside purporting to be eco-labelled or indeed in the UK, we would be
interested to receive your feedback on any aspects of their quality and
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VISIT
stands for “Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability
in Tourism”, and was created within the frame of an
EU funded LIFE project in tourism eco-labelling. The name
outlines the concept of the organisation: a positive collaboration
between distinct initiatives working towards achieving sustainability
in tourism.
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