Boston Green Tourism is an initiative of local visitor industry leaders. We strive to make Greater Boston the most compelling U.S. destination for visitors that seek a city with easy access to nature, beauty and outdoor recreation; and who desire environmentally-friendly hospitality services.

Boston Green Tourism encourages visitor industry professionals to green their operations. We help them by offering educational seminars, up-to-date information about green hospitality practices, products and services and opportunities for collaboration. Also, we promote Greater Boston as a green destination and help meeting planners achieve their environmental objectives.

Every day, the equivalent of a small city of people move into and out of Boston. They come for conventions, meetings, business, travel, sporting events, to visit colleges or loved ones in Boston hospitals. It is that “city” that we are making greener.

What makes a city a “green” destination?

It must be a leader in offering visitors environmentally-friendly visitor services. Also, it must be a place where visitors have easy access to nature, beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities.

Greater Boston is indeed a leader in providing environmentally-friendly services. It boasts:

• Three green convention centers that have comprehensive recycling programs, energy efficiency achievements, and other environmentally-friendly practices.
• Twenty-eight green-certified hotels and many other facilities that are advancing towards certification.
• Twenty-nine green-certified restaurants and event centers.
• A compact city layout with a transportation system that allows visitors to leave their cars at home, take mass transit, or ride in hybrid taxis. And, as America’s Walking City, Boston is easy to get around by foot.

Boston’s green services complement the area’s natural appeal—its beauty, seacoast location, rivers, parks, and outdoor recreation. While in Boston, spend time in Boston Harbor, go on a whale watch, visit the Boston Harbor Islands National Park and the New England Aquarium, sail on the Charles, skate on the Boston Commons Frog Pond, and see our Public Gardens.

Boston Green Tourism invites you to patronize our green visitor services when in Boston. Make a statement in support of a cleaner, greener environment and a brighter future!

How Does Boston Green Tourism Make Greater Boston a More Appealing Place to Visit?

Boston Green Tourism is comprised of hospitality industry professionals and environmentalists. We boost the region’s tourism by:

• advancing the use of environmentally-friendly practices in Greater Boston’s hospitality industry, and
• promoting the region’s eco-friendly facilities and services to meeting planners and tourists.