The Sitges Town Council, as the town’s principal representative, has made a commitment to promote a tourism model based on environmental, cultural and socioeconomic sustainability, bearing in mind that both its residents, and a large number of visitors and tourists live and coexist in Sitges.
To this end, in collaboration with the private sector and with the main agents involved in the destination’s tourism management, in 2016 it obtained the Biosphere Destination certification.
Sitges continues its dedicated commitment to quality, environmental sustainability and social responsibility as a tourist destination, fundamental points for the international standard evaluated to grant the ‘Biosphere Destination’ certificate.
In 2019, Sitges renewed this certification achieved in 2016. The implementation of the 2017-2022 Tourism Quality Plan and the current coastal and beach management system were the strong points of the audit.
Biosphere Destination is a private, independent certification acknowledged worldwide by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and promoted by the Responsible Tourism Instituto (RTI), an independent organism connected to UNESCO and a member affiliated with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which promotes a tourism put into practice via sustainable activities within the sphere of triple profitability: environmental, cultural and socioeconomic.
