Good practices
Destination Management Plan for Sustainable Tourism
Adopted by EarthCheck in June 2023, a Destination Management Plan (DMP) - also known as a Tourism Action Plan or Stewardship Plan, provides the essential strategic foundation for sustainable tourism destinations. What Is a Destination Management Plan? A DMP is...
Handbook of Good Practices in Tourism in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s tourism industry is steadily shifting toward sustainable models that benefit local communities. A key resource for this evolution is the Handbook of Good Practices in the Tourism Sector, which outlines alternative tourism methods—such as creative, community-based, and circular tourism—to...
The UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030
In September 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, a universal commitment to end poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity for everyone. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and...
TOURISME Project: A Review on Sustainable Tourism
The TOURISME project aims to enhance sustainability practices among tourism SMEs through knowledge sharing, cooperation, and stakeholder involvement. Deliverable 2.1, published in August 2021, offers a comprehensive literature review of the field, analyzing both academic and grey literature since 2010. Scope...
URBAN-WASTE: Strategies for Tourist City Waste Management
URBAN-WASTE, funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 program (2016–2019), tackled one of urban tourism’s thorniest challenges -- waste overflow during peak seasons, with a clever goal: shift from waste disposal to reclaiming it as a resource in other words -...
ECOTOURS project: Circular and Sustainable Tourism
The ECOTOURS initiative—officially titled Empowering local communities turning them into laboratories for co-development of circular and sustainable tourism ecosystems—is an innovative EU project funded by EISMEA SMP-COSME-2021-TOURSME. The project began on January 1, 2023, and ran through June 30, 2025....
ADVANCE CIRCULAR – Linking Tourism Industry with VET to embrace circularity
ADVANCE CIRCULAR is an impactful transnational project (2023–2025) co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, focused on developing circular economy skills. Led by Romania’s National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism (INCDT), it unites organizations across four...
Hotels4Climate: Advancing Low-Carbon Hospitality in Greece and Cyprus
As the hospitality industry grapples with the impacts of climate change and increasing environmental expectations, initiatives like Hotels4Climate are leading the way toward a more sustainable future. This forward-thinking project focused on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the hotel...