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Posted on March 22 2021

Sweden tops the Sustainable Travel Index among 99 countries

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Updated May 10 2023

Sweden ranks first for Global Sustainable Tourism

As per a Report – Top Countries for Sustainable Tourism – by Euromonitor International, “Sweden tops the Sustainable Travel Index in 2020 and proves sustainability can enhance the travel experience”.

Creating data and analysis on various services and products worldwide, Euromonitor International is the leading independent provider of strategic market research globally.

Providing market research solutions that connect an organization’s goals with global opportunities, the research expertise of Euromonitor International enables many to better understand future product demand.

The data included in the Report is as per Passport, Euromonitor International’s market research database [at time of publication: March 2021].

While stating that the recovery for the travel and tourism industry would “become less linear” with the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, the Report finds that “social and environmental values will be at the core of new strategies”.

As destinations around the world gradually begin to reopen – while protecting the local communities – and preserve livelihoods, there is a growing awareness across businesses, consumers, as well as governments for the need of prioritizing “not only profit but people and the planet”.

Though domestic tourism might help with recovery in the short to mid-term, radical change will be essential for building resilience and agility for futureproofing the sector.

With the United Nations [UN] Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] serving as a blueprint, travel and tourism businesses are coming together to declare a climate emergency.

According to the Report, “Sustainable transformations will play a significant factor in the future to ensure businesses and communities can thrive in a post-COVID age.”

Euromonitor International has developed a Sustainable Travel Index for assisting destinations and travel businesses to shift to a more sustainable tourism model.

Each of the countries on the Euromonitor International’s Sustainable Travel Index was analyzed across 7 key pillars that constitute sustainable tourism.

7 Sustainable Travel Pillars
Environmental Sustainability
Social Sustainability
Economic Stability
Risk
Sustainable Demand
Sustainable Transport
Sustainable Lodging

These sustainable travel pillars were used for assessing 99 countries.

Overall, 57 data indicators were used for coming to the final index ranking in order to determine the comparative performance of countries.

Sweden tops the Sustainable Travel Index in 2020, proving sustainability can enhance the travel experience.

Sustainable Travel Index Rankings 2020
Rank Country Rank Country Rank Country Rank Country
1 Sweden 26 Belarus 51 Laos 76 Thailand
2 Finland 27 Hungary 52 Cameroon 77 Hong Kong, China
3 Austria 28 Romania 53 Japan 78 South Korea
4 Estonia 29 Australia 54 Brazil 79 Lebanon
5 Norway 30 Ukraine 55 Taiwan 80 Maldives
6 Slovakia 31 Peru 56 China 81 Sri Lanka
7 Iceland 32 Greece 57 Oman 82 Kuwait
8 Latvia 33 North Macedonia 58 UAE 83 Fiji
9 France 34 Italy 59 Myanmar 84 Macau, China
10 Slovenia 35 USA 60 Algeria 85 Malaysia
11 Switzerland 36 Malta 61 Costa Rica 86 Qatar
12 Lithuania 37 Panama 62 Kazakhstan 87 Kenya
13 Croatia 38 Serbia 63 Tunisia 88 Dominican Republic
14 Czech Republic 39 Bulgaria 64 Colombia 89 Guatemala
15 Ireland 40 UK 65 Russia 90 Nigeria
16 Germany 41 Georgia 66 Turkey 91 Egypt
17 Belgium 42 Chile 67 Jamaica 92 Indonesia
18 Denmark 43 Jordan 68 Mozambique 93 Singapore
19 Netherlands 44 Cyprus 69 Azerbaijan 94 Philippines
20 Portugal 45 Israel 70 Bahrain 95 Morocco
21 Poland 46 South Africa 71 Tanzania 96 Vietnam
22 Bolivia 47 Uruguay 72 Saudi Arabia 97 Mauritius
23 New Zealand 48 Argentina 73 Uzbekistan 98 India
24 Canada 49 Ecuador 74 Cambodia 99 Pakistan
25 Spain 50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75 Mexico - -

Sweden, as per the Report, “has focused on generating higher levels of value derived from tourism which has helped its economy, environment and society, leading to improvements across many pillars”.

The Report comes to the conclusion that there was a “clear change in mindset to resist returning to a volume-driven travel and tourism model”. Stakeholders were instead “rallying together to ‘build back better’ through value creation from sustainable tourism”.

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