Advancing Sustainable Tourism Education
At Tourism Cares, it is our mission to unite, inspire, and activate the tourism industry to benefit the people and places on which our industry depends. Whether you are just beginning your sustainability journey or ready to take the next step in meaningful travel, our sustainable tourism educational resources are designed to meet you where you are, offering the knowledge, ideas, and support you need to make a meaningful impact.
Explore Tourism Cares’ online educational courses at your own pace. Covering topics from sustainability marketing to destination stewardship, this digital training will enhance your sustainability knowledge and practices in travel.
Our Sustainability Help Desk Appointments (SHeD) provide members with direct access to Tourism Cares to discuss their personal and professional sustainability journeys and learn how to align best practices with their business goals.
This page offers a comprehensive glossary of sustainable tourism and sustainability terms designed to help tourism professionals and industry organizations better understand key concepts in sustainable travel.
Led by industry experts, Tourism Cares’ webinars offer engaging and interactive sessions that provide valuable insights, best practices, and practical tips to help attendees navigate their sustainability journey and make a positive change in the travel industry.
Guided by seasoned travel executives, Tourism Cares' Sustainability Workshop Series offers structured learning sessions to expand participants' knowledge and empower them to develop a tailored sustainability plan.
Tourism Cares celebrates the power of travel advisors by offering tools and resources to make clients’ trips more meaningful and impactful. Join us in building a future where every journey leaves a positive legacy.
Sustainability requires collaboration. Visit this comprehensive list of open-source resources that will help guide your journey and provide you with the tools, plans, best practices, and guidance from other organizations across the industry.
At Tourism Cares, we focus our mission and programming around meaningful travel. Meaningful travel ensures direct benefits for host communities, protects cultural and environmental assets, and connects guests with destinations in a deeper, more responsible way
Downloadable Guides
Click below to download your free guide to developing a meaningful land acknowledgment, recognizing and respecting Indigenous Peoples as the original stewards of the lands we now inhabit, work on, and travel through.
Designed to help travel companies assess the sustainability of their suppliers, this evaluation guide provides a framework for choosing partners that align with sustainability values.
The Tourism Cares Guide to Meaningful Travel supports travel companies in making responsible decisions when developing travel experiences, helping them create products that drive positive impact for people, places, and the planet.
Tourism Cares is offering travel advisors a free sustainable tourism checklist to share with clients to help them travel more responsibly and meaningfully. Remember, you have the power to shape a better future—one trip at a time.
Tourism Cares is proud to be a founding organization of The Future of Tourism Coalition.
Join us to be part of a supportive community and further your sustainable tourism education.
SPOTLIGHT: DUNDREGGAN REWILDING CENTRE | Inverness, Scotland
Destination Partner: VisitScotland
Dundreggan Rewilding Centre hopes to inspire guests to explore and engage with Scotland's wild places, and offers experiences that bring nature and people together. An initiative by the charity Trees for Life, who have been rewilding the Scottish Highlands for more than 30 years to restore the biodiversity and wildlife of Scotland's Caledonian forest.