Co-creating and promoting positive places, experiences and practices
Millennium Destinations is an impact enterprise offering creative consulting services and innovations solutions to businesses and organizations of the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors, for their sustainable development, management and marketing.
It is now urgent to rethink and reshape tourism so that it can fully support the achievement of global peace and shared prosperity.
Why Millennium Destinations?
Purpose: to build positive, harmonious and inclusive societies and economies
Vision: sustainability as the universally preferred option
Mission: to support tourism businesses and entrepreneurs willing to stand out and thrive in their markets through sustainable development and positive marketing
Vision: sustainability as the universally preferred option
Mission: to support tourism businesses and entrepreneurs willing to stand out and thrive in their markets through sustainable development and positive marketing
Our values
- Equality and Equity
- Creativity and Bravery
- Quality and Value over quantity and volume
- Authenticity and Communities over artificiality and commodities
Tourism for Sustainable Development
"Sustainable tourism is the tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities." UNWTO
Sustainable tourism does not have to be complicated: above all, it is about maximizing the positive impacts and minimizing the negative impacts of the travel activities. Most importantly, sustainable tourism places local communities and their environment at the center of its concerns.
We are convinced that tourism has the capacity and the responsibility to stand as a reference and a model for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
In particular, we focus on SDG8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, SDG10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries, SDG11- Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG12-Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
In particular, we focus on SDG8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, SDG10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries, SDG11- Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG12-Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
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Our story
Millennium Destinations (MD) was first launched in 2010 by Catherine GERMIER-HAMEL as a blog aimed at promoting sustainable tourism initiatives and destinations around the world, particularly in developing countries.
The main objective was to give more exposure to less-known tourism destinations and business so that they can actually attract visitors and get access to markets, while sharing practical solutions and insights on the contribution of tourism to global sustainable development and the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
In 2014, Millennium Destinations became an international expert network engaged in the development and promotion of tourism destinations, businesses and products / experiences.
Early 2016, Millennium Destinations was incorporated as a Seoul-based boutique agency offering positive business consulting and solutions of sustainable development, management and marketing to its clients and partners, mainly in the field of travel, tourism, hospitality and leisure.
Millennium Destinations has been advocating Community-Based Tourism (CBT) as a desirable solution for the sustainable development and empowerment of local communities across the world. Within this framework, we have designed Herost, an impact platform and network dedicated to sustainable, community-based tourism. In 2020, Herost has become an online travel guide, index and toolkit promoting sustainable travel experiences powered by local heroes.
The main objective was to give more exposure to less-known tourism destinations and business so that they can actually attract visitors and get access to markets, while sharing practical solutions and insights on the contribution of tourism to global sustainable development and the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
In 2014, Millennium Destinations became an international expert network engaged in the development and promotion of tourism destinations, businesses and products / experiences.
Early 2016, Millennium Destinations was incorporated as a Seoul-based boutique agency offering positive business consulting and solutions of sustainable development, management and marketing to its clients and partners, mainly in the field of travel, tourism, hospitality and leisure.
Millennium Destinations has been advocating Community-Based Tourism (CBT) as a desirable solution for the sustainable development and empowerment of local communities across the world. Within this framework, we have designed Herost, an impact platform and network dedicated to sustainable, community-based tourism. In 2020, Herost has become an online travel guide, index and toolkit promoting sustainable travel experiences powered by local heroes.
Partner of the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme
