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.
— 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
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
— Reduce resource consumption (e.g. water, food, textiles)
— Raising awareness/raising awareness (training, guidelines, tools)
— Promoting circularity (circular processes, upcycling, repairing)
— 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, findability and visibility of more sustainable offers.
— Promotion of responsible travel offers (e.g. hotel certifications).
— 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
— 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
