{"id":1166,"date":"2025-06-15T09:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/?post_type=gcl-services&#038;p=1166"},"modified":"2025-06-15T16:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:53:44","slug":"gstc-global-sustainable-tourism-council","status":"publish","type":"gcl-services","link":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/certification\/gstc-global-sustainable-tourism-council\/","title":{"rendered":"GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-title title-margin\">\n<h1>What is GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council)?<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcl.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GSTC-Accredited-CB-245x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council) is a non-governmental organization established in 2007 with the support of UNEP \u2013 United Nations Environment Programme \u2013 and UNWTO \u2013 United Nations World Tourism Organization \u2013 to promote sustainability and social responsibility in the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Sustainable Tourism Council\u00ae (GSTC) establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria.<\/p>\n<p>GCL International Ltd is accredited to certify against voluntary sustainability standards &#8211; GSTC Hotel Criteria<\/p>\n<p>Businesses certified by a GSTC-Accredited Certification Body, meeting all the GSTC Criteria have the highest level of assurance and credibility available. With an accredited certification, customers and buyers are assured that the business was certified in a credibly verified procedure in a transparent, impartial, and competent manner.<\/p>\n<p>GSTC Certification can help tourism businesses to redefine the way they do business to drive a positive social, cultural, environmental, and economic impact.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section-title title-margin\">\n<h3>Applications<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>To apply for GSTC certification please contact us on gstc@gcl-intl.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"section-title title-margin\">\n<h3>General Publications<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"gcl-list\">\n<li><a title=\"GSTC Scheme Rules\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gcl.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GSTCSR-SCHEME-RULES-GSTC.pdf\">GSTC Scheme Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GSTC-Industry-Criteria-for-Hotels-with-SDGs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gstcouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSTC-Industry-Criteria-for-Hotels-with-SDGs.pdf\">GSTC-Industry-Criteria-for-Hotels-with-SDGs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1167,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","gcl-services","type-gcl-services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-certification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gcl-services\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gcl-services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gcl-services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcl-global.fida.me\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}