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GSTC Announces New Board Members

Clara Torres of the Mexico Tourism Board, Jiwei Xu of the Mt. Huangshan Scenic Area Administrative Committee (HSAC) and Santiago Soler of the Inter-American Development Bank have joined the GSTC Board of Directors. The organization thanks Seleni Matus and Mei Zhang for their contributions during their time on the board. 

GSTC Council

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council is a global, multi-stakeholder membership organization dedicated to increasing the reach, awareness and recognition of sustainable tourism practices through large and small enterprise operations and to endorsing the principles of the GSTC Criteria. See more.

GSTC Criteria

The Criteria are guiding principles representing the minimum necessary for travel and tourism businesses to adopt to protect the world's natural and cultural resources while supporting conservation and poverty alleviation. See more.

GSTC Process

The GSTC Process is a three stage mechanism to recognize and reward genuine practitioners of sustainable tourism. The stages include the GSTC-Recognized, GSTC-Approved and GSTC-Accredited programs. See more.

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