Executive Summary

The GDS-Index is a performance improvement programme to make tourism and events more sustainable. It showcases brave, bold, and pioneering cities, towns, and regions that recognise the urgent need to regenerate by working together to develop destinations where people, place, and planet can flourish.

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Ranking and Results
1
Göteborg & Co
94.64%
2
VisitOSLO / Oslo Convention Bureau
92.46%
3
Wonderful Copenhagen
91.73%
4
City of Helsinki
90.49%
5
Visit Bergen / Bergen Convention Bureau
90.15%
6
VisitAarhus
88.64%
7
Destination Nord
87.70%
8
Glasgow Convention Bureau
87.47%
9
Bordeaux Tourism & Conventions
87.10%
10
Visit Stockholm
84.74%
11
Visit Belfast and Belfast City Council
86.40%
12
Zürich Tourism
84.35%
13
ONLYLYON Tourism and Conventions
82.85%
14
Goyang Convention Bureau
82.66%
15
Convention Bureau Tirol
82.53%
16
VisitMiddelfart
82.16%
17
Singapore Tourism Board
81.83%
18
VisitNyborg
81.64%
NEW
19
Kerry Convention Bureau
80.61%
20
Visit Skelleftea AB
80.54%
21
Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau
80.12%
22
VisitOdense
79.94%
23
Songkhla Convention and Exhibition Bureau
79.56%
NEW
24
Bilbao Convention Bureau
78.83%
25
Visit Tampere
78.33%
26
Cork Convention Bureau
77.86%
27
Melbourne Convention Bureau
77.53%
28
Visit Faroe Islands
77.31%
29
City of Sydney / Business Events Sydney /Destination NSW
77.21%
30
VisitSvendborg
74.06%
31
visitBerlin
76.69%
32
visit.brussels
75.77%
33
Tourisme Montreal
75.12%
34
Turisme de Barcelona
74.52%
35
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
74.09%
36
Geneva Tourism and Conventions Foundation
73.26%
37
Brisbane Economic Development Agency
73.07%
38
Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau
72.01%
39
Galway Convention Bureau
71.85%
40
Yes Milano
71.50%