Post on 23-Jan-2017
El Eco-Label Austríaco para el Turismo: Una oportunidad para
la calidad de producto sostenible.
25.2.2016
Dr Regina PreslmairMinistry of Environment
Products (1990)
Tourism• Hotels, Restaurants, Camping
(1996)• Travel Offers (2008)• Green Meetings & Events (2010)
Education • Schools (2002)• Educational Institutions (2007)
The “Green Universe” of the Austrian Ecolabel
More than 60 Tourism Eco-labels worldwide
The System• Umweltzeichen = voluntary system • Criteria documents as basis of the award• Third party verification by independent auditor• 4 years revision period• Contract and award• Application and annual fee
Offers consumers orientation
Motivates producers and traders to develop and offer less environmental-polluting products
Objectives
Tourism Criteria
Over 50 mandatory- criteriaOver 100 optional- criteria
Traffic, Outdoors
Mandatory-criteria voluntary-criteria
Water, Waste, Air, Noise, Office
Energy
Management25
13
17
16
11519
2
146
13
Building, Living
10
Food, Kitchen
7
14
Cleaning, use of Chemicals
2. Energy
7. Cleaning Chemistry
9. Food, Cuisine
8. Building & Living
10. Mobility
1. Environmental- management
4. Waste
What can tourism Enterprises really do?
3. Water
5. Air, Noise
6. Office
11.Garden
Resources for Sustainable Tourism Development
Principles of Sustainable Tourism Development
• Local identity• Long term orientation• Naturalness • Dematerialization• Variety• Cooperation• Proximity
© Mödlingerhütte
Stakeholders of Sustainable Tourism Development
• Private enterprises• Local population• NGOs• Governmental institutions
© BMLFUW
Tourism Intensity in Alpine municipalities
Sustainable Ways: Pilgrimage as prototype of sustainable Tourism:
• Most important aspect: environmentally friendly mobility• Tendency to more sustainable lodgings- small and regional:
- Example: EU Project Stars+20 on Camino de Santiago lodging houses
• Chance for regional food providers etc.• Challenge through quantity of pilgrims in Spain- different
situation in Austria
Waste disposal service
Fisherman
Carpenter
Baker
Grocery Restaurant
Taxi driver
Public transp
ort
Farmer Energy
provider
Cleaning services
Schools
Mason
Office supplier
Gardener
Sustainable Sustainable HotelHotel
Sustainable Hotel as catalyst
Sustainable Tourism Enterprises
as catalyst and motor for regional development • Mobility• Regional Food• Regional Jobs• Regional Culture• Standards and Quality• Spatial development• Cooperation• Supply of Resources
/Waste disposal © Forsthofalm
The Challenge for Rural Areas:
Resilience through diversity
• How can communities develop the capacity to survive and rely on their own resources?
• How can businesses successfully exploit market opportunities based upon sustainable resource management?
Waste disposal service
Fisherman
Carpenter
Baker
Grocery Restaurant
Taxi driver
Public transp
ort
Farmer Energy provid
er
Cleaning services
Schools
Mason
Office supplier
Gardener
SustainSustainable able
HotelHotel
The Sustainable regional Network
For further information visitFor further information visit
www.umweltzeichen.at