Keeping our eyes on the Green Goal

On September 28, 2009, the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Dan Plato, along with Cape Town Tourism and other major tourism associations, signed the Cape Town Responsible Tourism Charter committing the City of Cape Town and the industry to responsible tourism behaviour and practices.

The responsible tourism initiative seeks to simultaneously maximise the economic, social and environmental benefits of tourism while minimising costs to destinations. Simply put, responsible tourism is tourism that creates better places for people to live in, and better places to visit.

Read more about Cape Town’s commitment to implementing Green Goal 2010, a programme aimed at making the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ event as environmentally friendly as possible. The action plan includes 43 projects relating to energy, waste, water, transport, hospitality and sustainable lifestyles.