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Mechelen 2021 GDS-Index Report
Mechelen, Belgium
Contact: Rebekka Koch
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2021 Performance Overview
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Summary
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Mechelen has the clear ambition to become a flourishing destination: a place where tourism contributes to the destination, its inhabitants and entrepreneurs in a true sustainable way. Visit Mechelen co-created, together with touristic entrepreneurs, inhabitants, policy makers and the city, the vision ‘Mechelen, en route for a flourishing destination. Tourism in and for Mechelen, 2020-2026’. This vision note, including a co-created action plan, links the 3 city-wide ambitions of Mechelen (reducing child poverty, implementing innovative mobility and circular business development) with the tourism vision to become a flourishing destination. Credits: Mechelen is a proud partner of Visit Flanders in the transformative and groundbreaking traject ‘Travelling to Tomorrow’, an intensive traject that lead to this vision note.
Mechelen is a fast-growing city, a growth that happens in a sustainable way, with numerous efforts on climate mitigation, adaptation and circular economy. Mechelen is working together with several partners to realize Nature Park Rivierenland.
With 138 nationalities living in the city of about 87k inhabitants, Mechelen is a super-diverse city. In 2017, mayor Bart Somers won the prestigious World Mayor Prize, honored for its courageous and positive diversity policy.
Summary
Mechelen has the clear ambition to become a flourishing destination: a place where tourism contributes to the destination, its inhabitants and entrepreneurs in a true sustainable way. Visit Mechelen co-created, together with touristic entrepreneurs, inhabitants, policy makers and the city, the vision ‘Mechelen, en route for a flourishing destination. Tourism in and for Mechelen, 2020-2026’. This vision note, including a co-created action plan, links the 3 city-wide ambitions of Mechelen (reducing child poverty, implementing innovative mobility and circular business development) with the tourism vision to become a flourishing destination. Credits: Mechelen is a proud partner of Visit Flanders in the transformative and groundbreaking traject ‘Travelling to Tomorrow’, an intensive traject that lead to this vision note.
Does Visit Mechelen have a Sustainability Strategy?
Does Mechelen have a sustainable destination certificate?
Does Visit Mechelen report on its sustainability performance?
Environmental
Mechelen is a fast-growing city, a growth that happens in a sustainable way, with numerous efforts on climate mitigation, adaptation and circular economy. Mechelen is working together with several partners to realize Nature Park Rivierenland.
OF ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLES
OF WASTE RECYCLED
0 ha
HECTARES OF GREEN AREA PER 100 000 POPULATION
Supplier
OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFIED HOTELS
OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFIED VENUES
OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFIED PCOS/DMCS
Social
With 138 nationalities living in the city of about 87k inhabitants, Mechelen is a super-diverse city. In 2017, mayor Bart Somers won the prestigious World Mayor Prize, honored for its courageous and positive diversity policy.
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SDG IMPLEMENTATION SCORE
89
SCORE ON SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX
76
SCORE ON CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
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About the Global Destination Sustainability Movement

The Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDSM) brings together the sustainability pioneers of the business and leisure tourism world, working with destinations to co-create their tourism and events strategies, benchmark and improve their sustainability performance and transform value chains in order to catalyse regeneration.

Our purpose is to engage, inspire and enable the business events and tourism industry to become more sustainable and regenerative.

 

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