Sustainable Tourism in Scotland: Who's Doing What?

Sustainable tourism is everyone's responsibility, and there are many organisations and businesses involved in delivering the challenges of sustainable tourism in Scotland. The latest project is an office rubbish removal programme around local areas.

The Key Players

Sustainable Tourism Unit
The Sustainable Tourism Unit, based in Inverness, works to ensure the incorporation and promotion of sustainable tourism practices into all that VisitScotland does internally and in its activities with tourism businesses.

Sustainable Tourism Partnership
The establishment of the Sustainable Tourism Partnership was one of the Scottish Government’s key targets in the Tourism Framework for Change (TFFC). The group’s principal aims are to take forward the sustainable tourism-related targets and actions in the TFFC and to promote sustainable tourism throughout Scotland.

The Sustainable Tourism Partnership includes private industry partners, the Government, and other public sector bodies such as VisitScotland, the enterprise networks, local authorities, Scottish Natural Heritage, Historic Scotland and the national parks.

Tourism Innovation Group
The Tourism Innovation Group (TIG) is an industry led organisation which aims to stimulate tourism operators into taking action to add to the quality, scope and success of tourism businesses, improving Scotland’s competitiveness in tourism market. The TiG Sustainability Team looks at the promotion of sustainable tourism practices throughout Scotland and has been active in a number of areas, in particular the launch of Climate Change Scotland.

Green Tourism Business Scheme
The Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) is the UK's leading certification scheme for sustainable tourism. The organisation is led by over 1500 members across the UK, including over 750 members in Scotland.

Other Key Organisations

Sustainable Tourism in Scotland: Who's Doing What?

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