The Green Certificate

The Green Certificate is an eco-label affirming environmental quality in vacation properties which save natural resources and use them rationally, offer environment friendly tourist activities, healthy, locally produced food and extensive information on the local natural, cultural and historical attractions. The Association 'Lauku ceļotājs' initiated ecolabelling of the vacation properties in order to:
encourage rural tourism providers to reconstruct, build and furnish vacation properties following local traditions, preserving landscape and using environment friendly building materials of local origin;
direct the development of rural tourism to ensure preservation of biological diversity;
convince rural tourism providers that sustainable tourism development creates conditions for strong economical advancement.…