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HumTour minősítés

HumTour has obtained the first Hungarian Good Travel Seal certification

Humtour, a company organizing authentic and nature-friendly domestic excursions, was the first in Hungary to obtain the Good Travel Seal sustainability certification on August 9, 2024. The certification, developed by the Green Destinations certification body and based on the GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council) standards, follows a strict system of rules that is recognized not only in Europe but also worldwide, and is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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2024-08-12 0
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Black Cat Weekend – an event to support responsible cat ownership

August 17th is the International Black Cat Appreciation Day. On this occasion, the DámPont Visitor Center in Tamás awaits its guests with a two-day program series, the aim of which is to raise awareness of responsible cat ownership and the dangers of domestic cats in maintaining the forest ecosystem. Innotime employees will also participate in the program as organizers and speakers. Within the framework of the program, Dius…
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2024-08-08 0
Good Travel Seal minősítés - Finn példa

International collaboration for the quality development of sustainable tourism certificates

The world's largest sustainable tourism certification bodies have partnered to deliver more transparent sustainability messages. The organizations involved in the partnership are: Biosphere, Instituto de Turismo Responsable, Blue Flag, Ecotourism Australia, Good Travel Seal, Green Globe Certification, Green Key Foundation for Environmental Education, Green Key Global, TourCert, Travelife for Accommodation and Travelife for Tour Operators. In the past…
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2024-06-22 0
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FOLLOW LIVE! – We are launching a pilot project to help guesthouses become more competitive

In a joint pilot project with the Berzi Estate in Mád, we are showing how a guesthouse can easily prepare to obtain the Good Travel Seal Certificate, and why the certification is good for a guesthouse. Many guesthouse owners and operators wonder whether they need an international sustainability certificate, whether it is worth considering, and whether the whole sustainability craze is just a passing fad that will die down anyway…
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2024-06-18 0
A Rio Grande do Norte vállalatai megkapták a nemzetközi DEL Turismo & Good Travel Seal-t a Green Destinationstől

Why is an internationally recognized sustainable tourism certificate important?

On March 25, 2024, booking.com discontinued its previous sustainable tourism program based on its own standards and switched to using only certificates provided by international sustainable tourism certification systems to indicate sustainable accommodations – thus now providing a prominent appearance for those who have obtained the Green Destinations Good Travel Seal certification. This reduced the number of properties on the booking portal to 18…
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2024-06-02 0
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Innotime Pentecost – 3 locations, 3 local values

Innotime Hungary Kft. is not only working at the desk to ensure that the value system of sustainable tourism is present in the thinking of domestic guests and local communities, but also from time to time, through specific programs, it presents in a focused way what sustainability means. During the Pentecost weekend, we will shed light on what sustainability means in three places in the country at the same time, in three different forms, within the framework of specific programs…
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2024-05-09 0
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Sustainable tourism in the light of the Copernicus report

At noon on May 4, 2024, the temperature in a mountain village nestled between the Mátra and Bükk Mountains was 34 degrees. Since 1850, when temperature data has been continuously recorded, 2023 was the hottest year on Earth. Source: https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2023-hottest-year-record It should be added that, in addition, the three warmest years on record in Europe have all occurred since 2020 – and the…
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2024-05-05 0

GSTC attraction standards are being prepared – feedback is welcome

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has launched an international consultation on the development of a sustainability criteria system for attractions. Feedback is invited until March 15 by filling out the following consultation questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9N7FKRT Briefly about the GSTC The history of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council began in 2007, when 32 partners founded the „Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria”…
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2024-03-03 0
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We became members of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

Innotime has become a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSC)! For years, our company has been providing professional support to Hungarian settlements, tourism communities and destination management organizations to obtain the Green Destinations sustainable certification, and also holds professional training programs to learn about the Good Travel Seal certification. Tourism service providers and attractions are also individually…
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2024-02-10 0

GASTOUR – non-wood forest-based gastronomy and ecotourism international conference – call for presentations

  This year, on April 18-19, 2024, the “GASTOUR – non-wood forest-based gastronomy and ecotourism” international conference will be organized for the first time by Innotime Hungary Kft, the representative of Bükki Kör and Green Destinations in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, for which we are looking for speakers to apply. The focus of the conference is to explore how forest raw materials and…
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2024-02-05 0