摘要:This work presents an analysis of ecological certification and labelling in the field oftourism.In a tourist company, the certification schemes evaluate the general approach of environmentalproblems, and impose to the tourist services the observance of pre-established principles and guidinglines concerning the environment. They become for the tourist companies a behavioural standard in thedevelopment of their activity. The requirements within such schemes are often flexible and open tointerpretation, and generally less controversial than the eco-labelling schemes.As compared to the certification schemes, the eco-labels attributed to the tourist servicesemphasise the impact over the environment of the services of tourist companies, on the basis of certainEuropean criteria. These criteria refer to the whole life cycle of these tourist services