VISIT Holiday GuideGreen Travel MarketCo-operating with the travel industryExemplary collaboration  

About this Publication
Foreword
Europe
The European Union
Destinations
Table: core set of indicators
Eco-labelling tourism
The tourism market
The VISIT approach
The VISIT Standard
The VISIT eco-labels
The VISIT message
Easy access to eco-labelled products
The VISIT Association
Outlook 2010
Word of thanks

 

Easy access to eco-labelled products

Exemplary Collaboration

TUI Niederlande and Milieubarometer
TUI Netherlands, the Dutch daughter of Europe’s leading tour operator TUI International, has made an agreement with the Dutch VISIT eco-label Milieubarometer, whereby TUI Netherlands commits itself to prioritise certified products above non-certified products.

www.tuinederland.nl/Milieu/index.html

ADAC Camping Caravaning Guide
Europe’s leading touring club ADAC in Germany (with almost 15 million members) indicates camping sites, which are certified by an eco-label in its Camping Caravanning Guide.

www.adac-verlag-gmbh.de/magazine

VisitScotland
The Green Tourism Business Scheme in Scotland is one of the national tourist board’s Quality Assurance schemes and all certified tourism services are highlighted in their brochures & on their website. According to an independent annual occupancy survey the GTBS businesses show an occupancy rate 10% above the average.

www.visitscotland.com/sitewide/greentourism

ANWB Green Holiday Guide
The “Green Holiday Guide Europe” is published by ECEAT (European Centre for Eco Agro Tourism) in collaboration with ANWB (Dutch National Touring Club). The guide includes more than 1,200 organic farms, environmentally-friendly camping sites and places to stay in 13 European countries. Rural accommodation businesses certified by VISIT eco-labels have been integrated into the guide.

ECO-TOUR website
The Friends of Nature International website highlights the VISIT Holiday Guide in their online information service on environmentally-friendly tourism.

www.sanftes-reisen.org