GSTC is involved in Certification of businesses, Accreditation of certification bodies, and Recognition of standards.What is Certification? Certification is defined as a voluntary, third-party assessment, through an audit, of a tourism enterprise or destination for conformity to a standard. GSTC does NOT conduct certification. That is the job of the many Certification Bodies throughout the world; our job is to accredit those that certify.What is Accreditation? Accreditation is a mark of quality that GSTC places on Certification Bodies that choose our independent and neutral process to verify that they certify businesses, such as hotels or tour operators, or destinations, in a competent and neutral manner. GSTC looks very hard at the CB’s process of certification to ensure you that they issue certifications based on merit and neutrality.