The Green Leaf Tourism Scheme

The Green Leaf Tourism Scheme helps tourism businesses and their visitors to understand, respect, and care for this wonderful destination.By choosing to be a Green Leaf Tourism Business you are helping to support:

• initiatives to reduce car usage through Car-Free Tourism
• local producers through the New Forest Marque (quality, local food and crafts)
• reducing the use of valuable resources and minimising waste through Energy, Waste, Water and Recycling initiatives
• planting native plants to encourage wildlife through Landscape and Conservation
• promotion of responsible behaviour of visitors through the Visitor Stewardship programme
• community benefits through Community Tourism initiatives
• communication of key cultural and environmental messages that help promote The New Forest as a world leading destination for sustainable tourism

Our Future Together - A Tourism and Visitor Management Strategy for the New Forest District

FORWARD: By nature, tourism is an extremely complex activity. This strategy document is therefore structured into five chapters that are as simple and concise as possible. Each chapter contains sections which start with a policy statement, followed by text and information explaining issues and proposing solutions, action is presented by key objectives. Read the full document: Our Future Together (pdf)