Our Commitment
Promote sustainable experiential tourism, aiming to turn every journey into a meaningful adventure that respects, preserves, and sustainably enhances the heritage resources of the area.
It is an aspiration to acknowledge all impacts of tourism, both positive and negative. It aims to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive ones. Negative impacts to a destination include economic leakage, damage to the natural environment and overcrowding to name a few.
Positive impacts to a destination include job creation, cultural heritage preservation and interpretation, wildlife preservation landscape restoration, and more. Sustainable tourism is defined by the UN Environment Program and UN World Tourism Organization as « tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities. »
Additionally, they say that sustainable tourism « refers to the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development, and a suitable balance must be established between these three dimensions to guarantee its long-term sustainability”.
Sustainable Tourism does not refer to a specific type of tourism, rather it is an aspiration for the impacts of all forms of tourism to be sustainable for generations to come. TOURIS adheres to the highest industry criteria and suggested indicators of sustainable tourism for Tour Operators (a provider, operator, and/or seller of travel products). They are the minimum that a TOURIS should aspire to reach.
Our sustainable tourism program is organized around four main themes:
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(A) effective, carbon-neutral and sustainable itinerary planning;
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(B) maximized social and economic benefits for the local community;
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(C) enhanced cultural heritage;
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(D) reduced negative impacts to the environment.
OASY Nature Hotel, nestled in the heart of Tuscany
Jordan Winery, caretaker for nearly 1,200 acres that surround the Chateau.
Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites
Carbon Neutral Travel
