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El Eco-Label Austríaco para el Turismo: Una oportunidad para la calidad de producto sostenible. 25.2.2016 Dr Regina Preslmair Ministry of Environment

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Page 1: The Austrian Ecolabel for Tourism

El Eco-Label Austríaco para el Turismo: Una oportunidad para

la calidad de producto sostenible.

25.2.2016

Dr Regina PreslmairMinistry of Environment

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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

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More than 60 Tourism Eco-labels worldwide

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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

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Offers consumers orientation

Motivates producers and traders to develop and offer less environmental-polluting products

Objectives

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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

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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

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Resources for Sustainable Tourism Development

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Principles of Sustainable Tourism Development

• Local identity• Long term orientation• Naturalness • Dematerialization• Variety• Cooperation• Proximity

© Mödlingerhütte

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Stakeholders of Sustainable Tourism Development

• Private enterprises• Local population• NGOs• Governmental institutions

© BMLFUW

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Tourism Intensity in Alpine municipalities

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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For further information visitFor further information visit

www.umweltzeichen.at