While there are many ways tourism businesses can reduce their carbon footprint within its operations, one of the biggest opportunities by far is related to transportation: as guests travel to your destination, as they enjoy their experiences, and even the travel choices made among your own staff. Transportation is the largest contributor to global warming, …
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We recently asked Tour Salt Spring, a guided tour company based on Salt Spring Island in the Gulf Islands of BC’s Pacific Coast and Sustainable Tourism certified Gold member, to share what they have been doing this last year to progress sustainability within their company. What we heard back from Jason, the owner, was too …
Do you have a sustainability story to tell? Evidence shows that you probably should, or you could be missing out on new customers. In this article, you will find 5 steps to building and sharing your authentic sustainable tourism story. Research has shown that the majority of your customers want to protect the natural environment, …
In honour of Earth Day 2020, Sustainable Tourism 2030 announced the launch of its Sustainable Destination Framework – a program that allows Canadian destinations to measure their sustainability performance based upon criteria and indicators that are relevant and aligned at the international, national, and provincial levels. Internationally-Aligned Criteria & Indicators These criteria and indicators are …
In these uncertain times, it is important (now more than ever) to be building up independently-owned and operated businesses. We feel lucky that as a network, our Sustainable Tourism community includes nothing but these kinds of businesses, small, medium, and large! We asked Campbell River Whale Watching and Adventure Tours, located on the coast of …
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Whitewater Ski Resort: home of the best powder mountain in the Kootenay’s and now…a Sustainable Tourism certified member! Located in Nelson, British Columbia, Whitewater Ski Resort is world-renowned for their access to some of BC’s most epic winters (and their incredibly delicious glory bowls courtesy of Whitewater Cooks!). Recently, they joined the Sustainable Tourism family …
We’ve teamed up with our local BC-utility companies, FortisBC and BC Hydro, and are offering free energy assessments for businesses in the Thompson Okanagan region. If you are a business in the Thompson Okanagan region, contact us to schedule your free energy assessment. If you are outside of the Thompson-Okanagan region, fear not. We’ve compiled …
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We asked Rolf and Kathrin von Andrian, owners of Myra Canyon Ranch, located above the historic Kettle Valley Railway Trail in Kelowna, BC , to share what they have been doing over the past year to promote sustainability in their business. Read on to find out more about how they are reducing the plastic footprint …
Here at Sustainable Tourism, we work with all sectors of the tourism industry to help them meet and exceed their sustainability goals. One thing we’re excited about launching in the coming months is a Sustainable Destination Framework that we’ve been developing with and for tourism destinations. What is the framework? What we’ve noticed throughout this …
In our last blog post, we talked about whether or not sustainability certification is right for your tourism business. For those on the fence about certification, today’s post might address some questions because here we’ll be talking about the value of certification. There are many reasons to move forward with certification depending on your business! …