Bounce in a club with Pure Cork pizzazz, revel in a festival or kick back to some jazz. Catch an intimate gig in a pub with a fire or watch a horse race with locals that comes down to the wire…
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View allFind a charming old cottage or quiet hotel, in our old merchant city or near the sound of sea swell…
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View allSustainable tourism is defined by the UN Environment Program and UN World Tourism Organization as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities.”
Visit Cork (representing the Cork Convention Bureau and the Pure Cork brand) aims
to be the best Destination Marketing Organisation in Ireland, working with our
partners in tourism to have Cork recognised as a leader in social,
environmental, and economic sustainability for both business and leisure
tourism.
This Visit Cork Sustainability Strategy (2023-2030) outlines
the organisation’s
vision and an action
plan with short-term and long-term ambitions for the development of the sustainability agenda
throughout the tourism sector in Cork. The principles and commitments to
sustainability across the organisation’s operations are outlined further in the Visit Cork Sustainability Policy (2023-2030).
This strategy has been developed in consultation, and with the support of, Visit Cork’s industry partners and stakeholders. This includes the board of Visit Cork: Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Fáilte Ireland, Cork Chamber, Cork Airport, Irish Hotels Federation (Cork branch), and other industry stakeholders.
Cork Convention Bureau
The Cork Convention Bureau works with its members to provide
the most sustainable conference experience possible for visiting conference delegates.
See more on Cork Convention Bureau’s dedicated
sustainability page.
Global Destination Sustainability Index
As part of our commitment to sustainability Cork Convention
Bureau joined the world’s leading destination sustainability ranking system,
the GDS-Index, in 2018 with a vision to benchmark our activities and
continuously improve our sustainability activities throughout the region. For
more about this benchmark see www.gds.earth
and to read about Cork’s performance see here.
Resources for the Tourism Sector
If you are working in the tourism and hospitality sector and
are looking for information and advice about how to play your part in the
global journey towards sustainability and regenerative tourism, then see some
of our guides below for useful links and inspiration:
·
Visit Cork Sustainability Resources Guide
·
Visit Cork Community Engagement and Social Sustainability Guide
