SINGAPORE, Oct. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Trip.com Group has formally joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s (GSTC) international community as a member. Trip.com Group is a main international journey service supplier comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers round the world make knowledgeable and cost-effective bookings for journey services and products.
Trip.com Group’s mission to ‘pursue the excellent journey for a higher world’ focuses the Group’s efforts on bettering the communities and lives of the folks they serve, and drives their dedication to being a extra accountable trade chief.
To fulfill this mission, earlier this 12 months Trip.com Group introduced its green tourism goals, overlaying three key areas: to launch over 10,000 low-carbon journey merchandise; to advertise sustainable journey and interact 100 million travellers in low-carbon practices; and intention to additional scale back carbon emissions throughout its personal operations.
In order to delve into shopper sentiment on sustainable journey and share findings with the trade, Trip.com Group performed a survey that gathered responses from over 7,700 travellers from 11 markets. Trip.com Group’s Sustainable Travel Consumer Report 2022 revealed that nearly eight in 10 (78.7%) travellers recognise the significance of sustainable journey. The Report additionally discovered that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a main driver behind elevated shopper consciousness of their travels’ influence on the planet, with 67.7% of travellers now open to paying extra for sustainable choices.
To meet elevated demand for sustainable journey choices, the Group’s shopper model Trip.com launched its CHOOOSE carbon offsetting option for travellers to offset their flights’ Co2 emissions. This program permits clients to deal with their flight emissions by supporting a portfolio of trusted high-impact local weather initiatives in keeping with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
As a member of the GSTC, Trip.com Group will help the GSTC mission to advertise sustainable tourism requirements in the journey & tourism sector. Being a GSTC member permits Trip.com Group to take part in GSTC’s international community, contributing to the necessary work of the GSTC in selling the widespread adoption of common sustainable tourism rules.
“At Trip.com Group, we believe we can only solve big issues by working with our peers from across the industry. This is why we are very excited to become a member of the GSTC, joining their global community to collaborate on sustainable travel initiatives that contribute towards a more sustainable future,” stated Jane Sun, Chief Executive Officer of Trip.com Group.
“We at GSTC are delighted to welcome Trip.com Group and all its powerful brands as a member of our growing community of members. Their power in the marketplace can deliver much in the way of more sustainable forms of tourism being made available to more travelers throughout the world, and we look forward to partnering in those efforts,” stated Randy Durband, Chief Executive Officer of GSTC.
About Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is a main international journey service supplier comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar with the mission “to pursue the perfect trip for a better world”.
Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers round the world make knowledgeable and cost-effective bookings for journey services and products. Trip.com Group know-how allows companions to attach their choices with customers by way of the aggregation of complete travel-related content material and assets, and a sophisticated transaction platform consisting of apps, web sites and 24/7 customer support facilities.
Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Trip.com Group has turn out to be one of the best-known journey teams in the world, with the imaginative and prescient “to be the world’s leading and most trusted family of online travel brands that aspires to deliver the perfect trip at the best price for every traveler”.
About the GSTC
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) establishes and manages international sustainable requirements, often called the GSTC Criteria. There are two units: Destination Criteria for public policy-makers and vacation spot managers, and Industry Criteria for lodges and tour operators. They are organized in 4 pillars: (A) Sustainable administration; (B) Socioeconomic impacts; (C) Cultural impacts; and (D) Environmental impacts (together with consumption of assets, lowering air pollution, and conserving biodiversity and landscapes). Since tourism locations every have their very own tradition, setting, customs, and legal guidelines, the Criteria are designed to be tailored to native situations and supplemented by further standards for the particular location and exercise.
The GSTC Criteria kind the basis for GSTC’s assurance function for Certification Bodies that certify lodges/lodging, tour operators, and locations as having sustainable insurance policies and practices in place. GSTC doesn’t immediately certify any services or products, however offers accreditation to people who do. The GSTC is an unbiased and impartial USA-registered 501(c)3 non-profit group that represents a various and global membership, together with nationwide and provincial governments, main journey corporations, lodges, tour operators, NGOs, people and communities – all striving to attain finest practices in sustainable tourism.
Information for media and the press: https://www.gstcouncil.org/about/for-the-press/
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