MQL Sustainable Tourism Services

Is your tourism business in Vietnam interested in elevating your brand, inspiring change and connecting with a worldwide community of sustainable leaders? MQL Sustainable Tourism Services in partnership with the Society for Sustainable Tourism and powered by Green Destinations open the “Good Travel Stories Competition 2025”. Open to hospitality projects, SME’s, travel related businesses linked to sustainability principles. Open themes: 🌎 Climate 🌱Nature 👍 People & Culture Your benefits for winners: ✅ Large exposure ✅ Discount on Good Travel Seal C ertification renewal ✅ Recognition at Green Destinations Global Conference Submissions extended deadline is open until 30th July 2025, followed by evaluation period and awards at global conference.

Join us on congratulating a new internationally awarded property in Vietnam achieving the Green Travel Seal certification. On behalf of Green Destinations and MQL Sustainable Tourism Services, would like to express my gratitude to Alba Wellness Valley Resort located in Hue city (central Vietnam) on passing satisfactory audit as Level 1 certified business. A constant interaction & evaluation between the resort and our team during recent months, brought positive results at the posterior independent international audit showing a valuable scorecard. Within this certification, brings Good Travel Guide benefits, BeCause certification platform inclusion and EcoHotels provided steps all in one. At MQL Sustainable Tourism Service we are proud to be part of the certification in Vietnam and open several options for other hotels, resorts and agencies interested in obtaining an international green sustainable journey moving forward, we will be supporting the entire certification process for yo...

Participation at Vietnam Hospitality Conference in April 2025 as part of our long term interaction with the organisers of the event. During the talks on sustainability linked to hospitality there was a good interaction with industry colleagues not only from Vietnam if not from several international destinations attending the event. MQL presenting at Vietnam Hospitality Conference 2025 Chairing the hospitality design summit at opening event. Post panel discussion with industry colleagues on the stage, interesting topics affecting the day to day sustainable options and possible options to cover a better development for Vietnam

Reading Hoi An's city chairman Nguyen Van Son feeling remorseful about losing coastline to resorts in central's Vietnam hub during last 25 years, it is always sad to observe how foreseen negative impact results in tourism destinations continue happening. Aside of positive poverty eradication and heritage preservation, he mentions the resorts built as beachfront occupation and character disruption of local way of living and topics as: 🔻 Destruction of casuarina forests 🔻 Sand sand dunes disappearance 🔻 Accelerated coastal erosion and damaged shoreline Since 2024 Vietnamese government must invest in embankments to protect the coast with limited results. "Fishing villages and landscape supposed to be preserved if we come back on time" are words Mr. Son is mentioning, despite over-construction is already a reality hitting the locality. Proposed solutions pending government approval coming on the table up to 2035: ✔️ Revised master plan (once again) ✔️ Division into zo...