Reports and Guides
Our reports highlight key trends affecting the business and leisure tourism industry, and hope to inspire regenerative actions by showcasing sustainability initiatives from destinations around the world. The insights contained in these reports serve as a roadmap to build a more regenerative tourism culture.
2022 GDS-Index Report: Results, trends, and insights
Raising the Bar
2022 GDS-Index Report: Results, trends, and insights
Raising the Bar
The GDS-Index showcases brave and pioneering destinations that recognise the urgent need to collaborate towards the regeneration of our cities and towns and actively work towards creating places that visitors, communities, and nature can flourish in.
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White Paper: Destination funding and the impact of tourism taxes
Tourism Taxes by Design
White Paper: Destination funding and the impact of tourism taxes
Tourism Taxes by Design
In a new pan-European study and White Paper Group NAO and GDSM has explored the potential of tourism tax as a policy tool to rebuild a balanced and re-generative visitor economy beyond the immediate crisis.
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The Regenerative Revolution
A new paradigm for event management
The Regenerative Revolution
A new paradigm for event management
Co-created with IMEX and Marriott International, this report highlights that the post-covid world requires immediate action to co-create a circular and regenerative events industry.
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Certifications for Sustainability
A guide for Regenerative Destinations
Certifications for Sustainability
A guide for Regenerative Destinations
This guide aims to provide a trustworthy resource that enables you and your stakeholders to choose the certification that best fits the needs of their organisation. All the certifications listed are globally recognised.
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2019 Whitepaper
Creating Better Places to Live, Meet & Thrive In
2019 Whitepaper
Creating Better Places to Live, Meet & Thrive In
This, our third white paper, serves to present unique insights on the current and future trends of sustainability in 47 destinations worldwide. It explores and examines their strategies, and the tactical actions taken by big and small Destination.
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2018 Whitepaper
The Road to a Circular Economy
2018 Whitepaper
The Road to a Circular Economy
By analysing the research, results and interviews from the 2017 Global Destination Sustainability Index, our second white paper explores how destinations in the GDS-Index have implemented key building blocks for sustainability.
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