Sustainable tourism

Holistic planning and realisation of sustainable tourism: Our team combines tourism, sustainability and business management expertise. We support you with practical, realisable advice for your accommodation, destination or trip.

Tourism with a future

Tourism is more dependent on a functioning ecological and social environment than almost any other industry. The high level of vulnerability and sensitivity to climate change, for example, is no longer just a dream of the future, but a reality in the here and now.

The requirements of tourism stakeholders are very different. For sustainability strategies, this means a high level of complexity and a good understanding of the respective environment and networks.

Regions, cities, national parks, ...

For destinations

Sustainable measures are essential in order to maintain a balance between the environment, culture and nature in harmony with tourism in the future. This is the only way to make your region and the tourism businesses in it fit for the future. We analyse where you stand and work together to develop sustainable, future-proof concepts for your destination - in dialogue and for the benefit of as many stakeholders as possible.

  • Inventory analysis
  • Climate adaptation concepts
  • Stakeholder dialogue
  • Sustainability vision and strategy
  • Impulses, workshops and further training
  • Sustainability management
  • Needs, potential and risk analysis
  • CO2 calculation
Hotels, holiday flats, campsites, ...

For accommodation

Recognising the growing quality demands of guests and turning them into a competitive advantage, countering the shortage of skilled workers, building up local added value, becoming a leading business in the region - we help you to position yourself clearly. We will show you how to improve your sustainability performance and communicate your goals, plans and measures correctly.

  • Materiality analysis
  • Sustainability strategies and concepts
  • CO2 calculation
  • Personnel management
  • Marketing and target group acquisition
  • Employee training on sustainability

For tour operators

Tour operators are the link between demand and supply, as they select the individual services through to the destinations as a whole and bundle them into package holidays. In Germany alone, over 30 million package holidays are organised every year, generating a turnover of over 25 billion euros. Tour operators are therefore key multipliers for influencing the supply chain, such as incoming agencies, as well as travellers - we help you to develop sustainability and minimise negative influences.

  • Target area check
  • Product responsibility
  • Sustainability assessment of the service providers
  • Training for employees, sales partners, service providers, tour guides
  • Responsibility in the customer relationship
  • Internal sustainability management

Business trips

In many companies, there is a need for travel-intensive activities. Apparently. After all, there are a variety of alternatives to (too) frequent flying that make working methods more sustainable regardless of location and across national borders - both within teams and in customer projects. The quality of the service or product is by no means at the back of the queue. Remote working even offers social and ecological opportunities.

  • CO2 analysis
  • New work and working from home: rethinking work and business travel
  • Employee training
  • Development of travel guidelines

Challenges for tourism

Alongside agriculture, the tourism industry is the sector that will be most affected by climate change over the next 50 years.

At the same time, the demand for sustainable travel has been increasing for years, according to the Reiseanalyse (RA) of the Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen (FUR). This is not only an opportunity for tourism providers to expand sustainability - it is also a signal that travellers' demands for environmental protection and social compatibility are increasing.

Opportunities for sustainable tourism

Best practice examples such as the Schmilka Bio- and National Park Refugepioneering regions such as the certified Uckermark and the excellent Mobility concept of the Ammergau Alps show how successful well thought-out sustainability concepts and Sustainability strategies for tourism providers.

Let's recognise the challenges of today and tomorrow together at an early stage and turn them into opportunities. We will show you how and where you can best take responsibility.

We work with you to develop solutions on how you can make tourism sustainable and fit for the future - and contribute to the preservation of your region's cultural and natural treasures in the process. Step by step, because sustainability is a direction of development, not a static state.

We will be happy to advise you on the path to greater sustainability in your accommodation, destination or holiday.