I-DEST E-learning platform - your companion with your morning coffee

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Sustainable tourism is no longer just a “nice idea”: more and more guests, partners, and certifiers expect transparent, responsible operations. The good news: you don’t have to change everything at once. The I-DEST.com E-learning platform helps you build a more sustainable operation step by step, in a clear and practical way – in multiple languages, tailored to the logic of daily operations.

We’ve designed the materials to avoid overwhelming you with long, heavy content. Instead, they provide short, easy-to-follow examples, quick quizzes, and practical tips you can implement immediately. Each topic takes just as long as a coffee break – but offers insights and planning tools that stay with you all day.

The content is available in multiple languages and clearly guides you through the key areas of sustainable operations: the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) standards, the logic behind various certifications, and practical issues like water conservation, reducing air and light pollution, or strengthening social, environmental, cultural, and economic sustainability. Our goal isn’t just to provide “good tips” but to promote a systematic approach: to help you see how everything connects, so small steps come together into a stable, credible operation.

We don’t just give tips; we provide a systematic perspective: how sustainability can integrate into your operations in a way that improves guest experience, reduces risks, and makes your business more resilient. The content is designed to answer the question “What should I do tomorrow?” while also showing you the bigger picture.

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The platform presents the basics and practical solutions of sustainable tourism in an accessible way. You’ll find materials on the expectations of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, what different certifications mean in practice, and what specific steps a service provider can take to improve – for example:

• Reducing water usage (monitoring, simple interventions, guest communication)

• Minimising air and light pollution (technical and operational solutions)

• Reducing environmental impact (energy, waste, procurement, biodiversity)

• Social sustainability (inclusion, accessibility, staff wellbeing)

• Protecting cultural and local values (authenticity, local partnerships, “culture as more than just decoration”)

• Economic sustainability (local suppliers, value chains, long-term viability)

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Short, easy-to-digest materials with good examples and practical tips – so you don’t need to do “research” to get started. Our goal is for sustainability not to be a one-off project but to become part of your operations, providing a solid foundation for certifications, audits, or supplier expectations in the future.

If you’re a tourism service provider looking to improve but have limited time and need quick, practical guidance; if you work in multiple languages or serve a multi-market guest base; or if you want your sustainability efforts to be credible and communicable, then this platform is for you.

Get started now: explore the materials, choose a topic, and build a more sustainable operation with measurable, practical steps.

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The platform is being developed as part of the Slovenian-Hungarian CROSSDEST INTERREG project.