A canoe on the windless Arnensee with colorful autumn landscape. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Alpinzentrum Gstaad / Alpinzentrum Gstaad

Wonderful experience on the Arnensee.

#Gstaad in massive wooden letters planted in the snow, photographed from the side in front of a beautiful winter backdrop. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

#Gstaad in front of a beautiful winter panorama.

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A more sustainable Gstaad

«We are accountable not only for what we do, but also for what we do not do.» (Molière)

«A more sustainable Gstaad» is the process for making tourism in the holiday region Gstaad as climate-friendly and sustainable as possible. It is less about perfection and more about a holistic and long-term approach to the topic. It is an honest endeavour to combine alpine enjoyment with sustainability.

We are aware of our responsibility for the sustainable development of our destination and are doing our utmost to ensure that our grandchildren will still be able to travel to our region and experience all its fascinating beauty and diversity – applying the «grandchildren test» of sustainability.

For us, sustainable tourism takes the following dimensions into account:

  • economic performance (strengthening the regional economy, long-term investment planning, etc.)
  • ecological responsibility (preservation of natural resources, energy efficiency and use of renewable energies, etc.)
  • social solidarity (equal treatment, health, quality of life, education, participation, etc.)
  • the right of future generations to shape the future
A man looking out over the lake from the end of the jetty in autumn, with a rowing boat bobbing next to the jetty. Background with mountains covered in forest.

Lauenen Lauenensee fall

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
Our vision and strategy
Beautiful landscape of snow-covered mountains, with misty clouds.

Landscape of snow-covered mountains

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
Our values and goals
Patrick Bauer is sitting on his bike. He is wearing a white/blue striped top and a black rucksack. He is protecting his head with a grey helmet. Behind him you can see a green meadow and the sun is shining.

Patrick_Bike

©  (c) Patrick Bauer / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus

Patrick Bauer, Tourist Office Employees, Head of Destination Business Development & Sustainanility

Sustainability is very important to me personally. It requires change - from all of us. This change offers so many opportunities. We just have to seize them!

Our joint contribution

Sunrise over a sea of fog with a view of Giferspitz

Finally the warming sun above the sea of fog at Giferspitz

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus / 2021
Sustainable energy
Close-up of hiking boots standing in the grass with mountains and sea of fog in the background.

Ready for the hike.

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli
Sustainable mobility
The wooden mountain restaurant in focus on the local mountain Eggli in summer weather.

The wooden mountain restaurant in focus on the local mountain Eggli in summer weather.

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG
Our pioneers
Saanenbrätzeli are a thinly rolled sweet pastry. Two rolls lie crosswise on a third Brätzeli. Behind them you can see the white packaging box. It is labelled in old, black lettering and a quarter of a round silhouette is depicted on it.

Saanenbrätzeli

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Pia Ulrich / Stiftung Alpenruhe
Alpine and regional products
Magnificent mountain world with green meadows and many dark fir trees. Hiking trail in the middle and wide mountain panorama.

Magnificent mountain world with green meadows and many dark fir trees. Hiking trail in the middle and wide mountain panorama.

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG
Sustainable summer holidays
In the early morning, the slightly snow-covered mountains are reflected in Lauenensee. In the back of the picture the lake is already freezing over. The sky is cloudless and steel blue.

Lauenensee with frost

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
Sustainable partners
 Snowshoe hikers on the snowshoe trail on Rellerli.

Beautiful, snowy winter landscape on Rellerli.

©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Yannick Romagnoli / Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus
Sustainable winter holidays
Schöne verschneite Berglandschaft mit felsigen Steilwänden, Schneepisten, Wälder und Häuser. ©  CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Melanie Uhkoetter / Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG, Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus