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Our focus topics

The Futouris members developed the key themes presented below together. They serve as focus topics for collaboration at Futouris as well as guiding themes for project development.

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Climate Protection

  • Reduce the climate footprint of travel

  • Support in collecting Scope 3 emissions (e.g. food)

  • Promote transparency regarding the climate footprint of travel

  • Raising awareness among employees and agents about the climate footprint and climate-friendly products

  • Climate-friendly design of product portfolios

  • Climate change impact mitigation in destinations

Biodiversity Protection

Protection of natural areas and endangered species through:

  • Raising awareness of the importance of biodiversity among travelers, partners and the population in the destinations (in dialogue)

  • Promotion of resource-saving and biodiversity-friendly activities/measures, e.g. renaturation, reforestation, animal and species protection

  • Promotion of regenerative/sustainable agriculture including networking with tourist gastronomic offers

  • Promote the use of local food, taking into account nature and resource protection (e.g. water)

  • Auditing of animal and species protection standards / animal welfare policies

Circular Economy

  • Reduce resource consumption (e.g. water, food, textiles)

  • Raising awareness/raising awareness (training, guidelines, tools)

  • Promoting circularity (circular processes, upcycling, repairing)

Sustainable Travel Products

  • Improve the visibility of sustainable/responsible travel offers in booking systems.

  • Raising awareness among customers and travel agents about responsible travel offers.

  • Improve the transparency and visibility of more sustainable offers.

  • Promotion of responsible travel offers (e.g. hotel certifications).

Sustainable Destinations

  • Exchange of experiences between destinations

  • Development and implementation of strategies against overtourism (e.g. seasonal adjustment)

  • Reduce resource use and increase resource protection (e.g. reduce water, energy, CO2, etc.)

  • Promote sustainable accommodation

  • Raising guest awareness

  • Create understanding between locals and guests and increase local added value

Social Responsibility

  • Equal participation of everyone in the tourism supply chain

  • Increase local added value

  • Fair working conditions in the supply chain

  • Child protection and human rights

  • Create transparency for existing imbalances (e.g. existing imbalance to the disadvantage of women)

  • Support all disadvantaged groups

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Our members' voices

...responsibility for future generations has no limits.


Lucienne Damm

Lucienne Damm

Head of Sustainability, TUI Cruises

...traveling means respect and responsibility and must not be depletion of nature.


Ralf Hieke

Ralf Hieke

Travel Agency Strier

...I am convinced that only an intact environment and social balance combined with sustainable and resource-efficient development provide the foundation for the future of travel. We want to raise awareness of this through active communication and thus encourage those responsible to take positive action or support their activities.


Dorothea Hohn

Dorothea Hohn

Global Communication Experts

...we at Gebeco see cooperative, collaborative management for the benefit of our guests as the core of our tourism activities and can only ensure this in the future when working together.


Thomas Bohlander

Thomas Bohlander

Managing Director, Gebeco

...I want to understand the chances and potential of sustainable tourism in discourse with the tourism industry and to support joint innovative ideas.


Dagmar Lund-Durchlacher

Dagmar Lund-Durchlacher

Futouris Scientific Advisory Board

...as part of the travel & transport industry, I want to help to protect the ecosystem for our children in a sustainable way.


Markus Orth

Markus Orth

Managing Director, Lufthansa City Center Reisebüropartner GmbH

... I want to contribute to shape the tourism industry in a sustainable way and assume responsibility for the people, culture and nature in holiday destinations


Friederike Grupp

Friederike Grupp

Head of Sustainability, Hotelplan Group

...together with like-minded people I want to make the tourism industry a true pioneer of the sustainability movement.


Thomas Vodde

Thomas Vodde

Marketing & Event, Kurverwaltung Juist

...sustainable and responsible travel is team sport and the game has to be shaped by common ideas and goals.


Florian Käufer

Florian Käufer

Managing Director TCF Airlebnis Reise & Event GmbH

...Chamäleon's goal has always been to give people in the destinations a better life and to preserve nature.


Ingo Lies

Ingo Lies

Founder and Director Chamäleon reisen

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