Our association was founded in 1991 as a non-profit organisation that provides a forum for NGOs working in the fields of nature conservation and environmental protection, sustainable tourism, youth, leisure activities and culture. Since then, ETE promotes sustainable tourism in Germany and whole Europe - a tourism that is environmentally friendly and socially responsible.

We inform travellers and experts from the tourism sector and tourism politics about sustainable forms of tourism. Furthermore, we plan and implement model projects, which focus on regional development through environmentally and socially friendly tourism - often in protected areas and mountainous regions. Since many years ETE is active in Central and Eastern European countries.

We invite you to get to know about our work and our model projects on this website!

If you have questions, comments or requests, please do not hesitat to contact us. And if you wish to cooperate with us we would appreciate a message from you!

Publications on Sustainable Tourism

Concluding its project "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity through Sound Tourism Development in Biosphere Reserves in Central and Eastern Europe" E.T.E. in cooperation with UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE) has edited six publications on sustainable tourism and tourism management.
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ETE moved!

ETE has moved from its office at Michaelshof to the new office just around the corner at Koblenzer Str. 65 in 53173 Bonn-Bad Godesberg.

ETE at CBD COP 9 in Bonn, Germany

At the 9th Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP 9) ETE presented tourism4nature - a project on tourism and biodiversity in Central Eastern Europe at a side event and at the Plaza of Diversity.
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Tools for sustainable tourism planning and management

In the frame of tourism4nature, a project on tourism and biodiversity in Central Eastern Europe, ETE has published a series of guiding documents on sustainable tourism.
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Best Practice of tourism businesses and regions

In the frame of the project Fostering sustainable tourism as a perspective for the future ETE has published the brochure "Gute Beispiele aus der Tourismuswirtschaft und den Regionen" (available in German).
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