Green Award for Cork Tourism

Visit Cork has announced the launch of the Green Award competition for 2024 and is encouraging tourism businesses across Cork to apply. The Visit Cork Green Award was established in 2020 to encourage and reward businesses in the tourism sector across the county that demonstrate a commitment to operating sustainably.

Previous winners of the award include Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens, Cork International Hotel, The Imperial Hotel and Ballyhass Adventure Group, which won a “highly commended” award last year.   

Now open for 2024, the Visit Cork Green Award is looking to identify best practices in sustainability across the tourism industry in Cork.

Head of Visit Cork Seamus Heaney said:

“Cork has just placed 21st out of over 100 destinations in the Global Destination Sustainability Index 2024. This benchmark is carried out with rigorous third-party evaluation of over 70 criteria across a destination's environmental, social, supplier and destination management performance, so we are proud to see Cork ranking so highly.”