Sustainability
from management to experience
Clear water lakes, forest moors, near-natural river meadows and rare animal and plant species – in the Uckermark, nature and landscape conservation areas cover more than half of the area. We would like to preserve these refuges permanently.
In 2012/13, the Uckermark emerged as the winner of the first federal competition “Sustainable Tourism Regions”. For us still award and incentive at the same time!
Since 2018, the Uckermark has been certified as a Sustainable Destination by TourCert. We regularly document our measures in the Sustainability Report. We work continuously to develop our tourism offerings ecologically, socially and economically. In our mission statement for a sustainable tourism region and our tourism strategy, we have defined key goals and success indicators.
For us, sustainability means enabling our guests to enjoy nature-based tourism and lasting natural and cultural experiences in the Uckermark. The region itself and the people should participate and experience added value. We are committed to developing alternative mobility solutions in rural areas as well.
As a guest of the travel region, “our” way can be actively supported by: staying at sustainability-certified accommodation, preferring products from the region, treating nature with care, traveling by train, bike, canoe or on foot.
Partner Program
of the National Natural Landscapes
CO2 Calculator
Calculate carbon footprint
Office
Tourismus Marketing Uckermark
Tree Planting Campaign
Trees for the Uckermark
Climate-friendly Accommodation
from the partner network
Tree Planting Campaign
Trees for the Uckermark
Tree Planting Campaign
Trees for the Uckermark
Sustainable leisure activities
from the partner network
Climate-friendly Accommodation
from the partner network
Nachhaltige Destinationen
Brandenburg
climate-friendly office
tmu Tourismus Marketing Uckermark
Sustainable destination
Since February 2018, the Uckermark has been certified by TourCert as a Sustainable Destination. With this seal, we commit to our responsibility for sustainable tourism. Our management and reporting system complies with the TourCert certification standard and is reviewed by an independent auditor every three years. The certificate does not mean that all tourism offerings are already sustainable. The current certificate is valid until May 2027.
Already in 2014, the mission statement for a sustainable tourism region Uckermark was developed together with the providers and tourism stakeholders. It forms the basis for further tourism development
in the region.
Detailed information on sustainability activities in the Uckermark travel region and in the office of TMU Tourismus Marketing Uckermark GmbH are summarized in the current Sustainability Report 2024. The report is revised regularly as part of the recertification process as a Sustainable Destination.
In the "Ferien fürs Klima" network
Accommodation hosts and leisure providers who are particularly committed to climate protection and sustainability can become partners in the “Ferien fürs Klima” network. The goal of the initiative is to create high-quality and attractive offerings for our guests and to develop the region sustainably together. All providers in the network have, among other things, anchored responsible action in their business philosophy, source 100% green electricity, support guests with environmentally friendly arrival and departure, and work together with regional partners.
Jakobshagen Horse Farm
Water mill Gollmitz
Blumberger Mühle
Old Town Quarter
Salvey Mill by ZaZa
Country house Arnimshain
river landscape travel
Kraatz Manor
Uckermark Farm Worker’s House
Remise at the mill stream
Driftwood
around nature
Dreesch7
Camping at the Oberuckersee
Camping at the Dreetzsee
Refuge Uckermark
Uckerseen Apartments
celine active travel
Liesje trecking
Topics such as upcycling, sharing economies, slow food, minimalism, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not exotic foreign words in the Uckermark, but are already being lived quite concretely in various places. A tourism for the future that is worth showing, that the citizens in the region, but also other entrepreneurs as well as politics and administration should know about.
Who actually benefits from tourism? What role does it play in the development of a rural region like the Uckermark? What do a bakery, a bicycle workshop and an organic shop have to do with tourism? In the series “Uckermark im Gespräch” we take a look behind the scenes. For this, we visited people and businesses and asked them about their work in the Uckermark tourism region.
Topics such as upcycling, sharing economies, slow food, minimalism, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not exotic foreign words in the Uckermark, but are already being lived quite concretely in various places. A tourism for the future that is worth showing, that the citizens in the region, but also other entrepreneurs as well as politics and administration should know about.
Tourism plays a major role in the Uckermark. How big it is and who benefits from it to what extent, there are different views on this. Who actually benefits from tourism? What role does it play in the development of a rural region like the Uckermark? We visited people and businesses and asked them about their work in the Uckermark tourism region.