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Your tourism business consists of two key assets – the business itself and the environment in which it operates…your customers rely on both assets to deliver their leisure expectations.
Green Audit Kit.
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Successful sustainable tourism results in:
- Satisfied customers
- Successful businesses
- Supportive communities
- Special environment
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The Suffolk Tourism Partnership is working with St Edmundsbury Borough Council and commercial tourism businesses in the district to develop a range of sustainable tourism initiatives. This includes encouraging commercial tourism businesses to improve their environmental credentials and also to encourage visitors to consider their environmental impact during their visit.
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Carbon Trust consumer research, carried out in October 2006, shows the views of 1159 consumers from across the UK:
74% think that businesses are not doing enough to cut their carbon emissions and tackle climate change;
64% think that their carbon footprint is important;
66% want to know the carbon footprint of the products they buy;
67% buy a product with a low carbon footprint; and
64% are more likely to use a business that claims to have a low carbon footprint.
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For more information on sustainable tourism please:
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