Welcome to the homepage of the Retour foundation. Our goal is to promote sustainable tourism: enjoyable for tourists, just to local communities, profitable for entrepreneurs and good for nature and environment. 

To achieve sustainable tourism everybody can contribute. We want to help you in taking your responsibilities. Whether you want to contribute as a tourist, an entrepreneur, a government, an NGO, a tour guide or otherwise, we try to give each of you frequently updated information on what you can do. Just click on the box that fits your role and you will find the information that can help you in taking responsibility for an enjoyable and sustainable tourism for everyone.

Sustainable tourism according to the Retour Foundation

Information for Tourists(only in Dutch)

Information for Tourism Entrepreneurs

Information for Non-Governmental Organizations

Information for Tour-guides (in Dutch)

Information for Authorities

Resource center (Interesting documents and links)

The Retour foundation wants to share its knowledge with as many partners as possible. This site therefore is continuously being updated with the experiences and results of international events and of projects we are involved in. Since we are based in the Netherlands, some of our projects are aimed at Dutch target groups and therefore in the Dutch language. We strive for translation in English, but this is not always immediately possible. As a result some pages might not be fully operational. We kindly ask for your understanding.