Sustainability

In a scenario of growing competitiveness and globalization, our project aims to achieve a sustainable business model and provide a high-quality service to the customer, focusing on product/concept and people differentiation, with a view to optimizing results and the sustainability of the organization. Simultaneously, it intends to contribute to the social and economic development of the Village.

In a context of solutions capable of reducing the Ecological Footprint of the future tourism enterprise, it is important for us to invest in the certification of Turismo de Aldeia. The increase in environmental demands and awareness by tourists, and the need to provide an environmentally friendly service, unlike the rest, argue in favour of using the EU Ecolabel, which has several advantages.

The following are also commitments to sustainability:

• Increase in tourist demand through product differentiation, thus increasing the product’s life cycle and destination;

• Protection of resources, through the creation of strategies, preserving the local biodiversity;

• Cost reduction, through the implementation of some sustainable practices that involve investment in new structures.

• Greater involvement by local actors. Differentiating the company from the competition with sustainable products, local markets begin to prioritize more sustainable options;

• The constitution of local chains with value-added products, provides a significant improvement for local economies, since it allows the creation of jobs.

• Strengthening the feeling of citizenship and increasing the awareness of the local population in relation to the development of products based on sustainability