Round table on the topic “Environmental Certification Procedures and Sustainable Tourism Management Issues – the challenges and the expectations at National level”
12/23/2020
On December 22 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and via Zoom platform a round table was held on the topic “Environmental Certification Procedures and Sustainable Tourism Management Issues – the challenges and the expectations at National level”. The purpose of the round table was to strengthen the dialogue between enterprises and government agencies regarding the development of sustainable tourism in Kazakhstan. Representatives of central and regional government bodies, higher education institutions, associations, hotels and travel companies were invited to the round table.
Experts from “Lauku ceļotājs” shared their knowledge about environmental certification procedures and sustainable tourism management issues. They also shared their experience with the environmental quality mark "Green Certificate" in Latvia which is awarded to all types of rural accomodations and small scale producers - farms for tourists to visit. To get this quality mark the place should follow principles of enviromentally friendly management.