Tourism
Few industries are more closely linked to New Zealand’s unique environment
than tourism. Visitor expectations of our environment and landscapes are high.
The success of Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure campaign means New Zealand
is making a very engaging promise to international travellers.
Tourism businesses can play a lead role in keeping these promises. By examining areas such as energy use, water consumption and waste, tourism businesses can start to become more sustainable. Adopting new practices will mean businesses can:
- Become more energy and waste efficient
- Identify potential risks to the environment from their business and avoid those risks
- Gain opportunities to position their business as more sustainable and support 100% Pure New Zealand
- Identify beneficial partnerships.
The links below will help you develop sustainability in your specific business field.
Case studies
The Northland Sustainable Tourism Project (Ministry for the Environment)
The Ministry for the Environment has helped Enterprise Northland and six Northland tourism businesses put in place a sustainable tourism project to improve their environmental performance.
Wellington City YHA (Ministry for the Environment)
The newly refurbished YHA Wellington City hostel is the 'jewel in the crown' of the country's largest hostel network, setting new standards for backpacker accommodation in the city, while at the same time introducing some innovative products and management techniques to reduce waste and emissions.
Guides
Guidance for Voluntary, Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting
This publication gives guidance for corporations on voluntary Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting, including emission factors. It is intended to help those corporates that wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions on an organisational basis for their New Zealand operations.
Organisations
Tourism Industry Association New Zealand
The Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIANZ) is a membership-based and funded organisation representing the interests of over 3,500 businesses throughout the tourism industry.
Other resources
Environmentally Sustainable Tourism Project (Ministry for the Environment)
The Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry of Tourism are leading a project to establish six sustainable tourism Charter groups in New Zealand.
Our clean green image: what's it worth? (Ministry for the Environment)
This report summarises the findings of the "Valuing New Zealand's clean green image" report which aimed to quantify the extent to which particular New Zealand exports benefit from positive perceptions about our environment.
Steps to sustainable tourism (Department of Environment and Heritage Australia)
The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) have developed a tool to use when managing and developing regions, places and tourism products.
The Nature of Good Business (Tourism Industry Association New Zealand)
The Nature of Good Business is an industry initiative encouraging tourism operators and organisations to improve their environmental, social and business performance.
Websites
Green Globe
GREEN GLOBE is the worldwide benchmarking and certification program which facilitates sustainable travel and tourism for consumers, companies and communities.
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