Sustainable Travel Resources

Use this page as your home base - chock full of sustainable travel resources - to help you become a more responsible traveler. We've rounded up our favorite resources and split them into Basics followed by tools to help you Dive Deeper.

Remember: Even small changes can help you be a more sustainable traveler!

Sustainable Travel Resources: Basics

Take a quiz, get packing tips, books, and travel documents, find a sustainable destination, understand travel advisories, and more. It's designed to be everything you need to scratch the surface of learning about sustainable travel. We will add to this page as we find more great resources.

Pop Quiz

What’s your baseline understanding of the carbon footprint of tourism? This quiz from Sustainable Travel International will test you!

Take Quiz

Packing List

Our free sustainable packing list is downloadable, reusable, & checkboxable. It explains why items are sustainable, too.

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Travel Books

We’ve curated lists of sustainable travel books, travel classics, travel stories from female authors, and more on Bookshop.org.

Let’s Read

Green Destinations

Discover destinations with “green” awards or certifications, as designated by Green Destinations, a non-profit foundation.

Discover Destinations

Pack for a Purpose

Bring welcomed items to communities in your destination through Pack for a Purpose, a 501(c)3 non-profit company.

Get Packing

Travel Documents

As featured on BBC, iVisa can help you with e-visas, passports, health documents, travel requirements, and more.

Go Paperless

Anti-Racism

Condé Nast Traveler has put together this must-read list of questions to ask yourself as an anti-racist traveler.

Read Now

Sustainable Travel Apps

GLP Films has compiled a list of apps highlighting accessible tourism, indigenous tourism, and more.

See Apps

Travel Advisories

Check out country-specific travel restrictions and advisories according to the US government.

Check Destination

Sustainable Travel Resources: Dive Deeper

Here, we've put together a curated list of helpful information and handy links for those eager to dive even deeper into the world of sustainable travel. You'll find a comprehensive glossary of sustainable travel terms, a tourism data dashboard, and an annual sustainable travel report. We will add to this page as we find more great resources.

Sustainable Travel Glossary

Rooted develops myriad resources for travelers, such as this free, clear-cut guide of 70+ sustainable tourism terms.

View Glossary

Tourism Data Dashboard

The UN World Tourism Organization’s dashboard and vast e-library covers all kinds of tourism industry metrics.

View Dashboard

Sustainable Travel Report

Booking.com's annual report collates travel trends and preferences from over 30K respondents in 32 countries.

2023 Report

Sustainable Travel Facts

Pre-pandemic, Travel & Tourism supported one in 10 jobs worldwide (World Travel & Tourism Council).
Travel & Tourism contributed 7.6% to the global GDP in 2022 (World Travel & Tourism Council).
Seventy-four percent of travelers want travel companies to offer more sustainable travel choices (Booking.com).
The tourism workforce is 54% female (United Nations World Tourism Organization).