Making sustainable travel the default

At the Good Tourism Institute, Anne and Rik work with travel businesses to become sustainable today and successful tomorrow.

Anne and Rik, founders of the Good Tourism Institute

Meet the team

Anne de Jong, sustainable tourism expert at the Good Tourism Institute
Sustainable tourism expert

Anne de Jong

Anne spent years working with travel businesses on sustainability certification before co-founding Good Tourism Institute. She focuses on building sustainability practices that are honest and practical, and that actually work in the field.

Rik van den Brink, digital marketing expert at the Good Tourism Institute
Digital marketing expert

Rik van den Brink

Rik spent a decade in digital marketing before turning his attention to sustainable tourism. He focuses on turning sustainable practices into stories that are honest and clear, and that reach the travellers who care about them too.

What working with us gives you

Clarity

You know exactly where your sustainability practices and your story stand today, so you stop guessing what to fix first.

Credibility

Your story holds up because the practice behind it does too, so you never have to worry about sounding like greenwashing.

Growth

You reach travellers who choose you for what you stand for, so sustainability starts paying for itself.

Trusted by organisations across the travel industry

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Who we work for

Travel businesses

Tour operators, travel agents, activity providers: where the experience is the product, so both what you do and how you tell it matter.

Accommodations

Hotels, B&Bs, glamping sites, eco-lodges: any place where guests stay overnight and settle in, so both your practices and your story matter.

Destinations

Regional tourism boards, national parks, destination organisations: places that set the tone for everyone else, so both your practices and your story matter.

From the podcast

In the Sustainable Today, Successful Tomorrow podcast, Anne & Rik explore real-world sustainable tourism stories that actually work.

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Ready to find out where you stand?

Sustainability is what you do, marketing is how people find out. Most travel businesses end up needing both. Test either one, or both, and see exactly where you stand.

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Sustainability Blind Spot

Explorer

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Marketing Scan

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Storytelling
Transparency