The cities with the most sustainable hotels
Vancouver has more sustainable hotels on offer than any other city in the world, according to new research by the energy comparison website, Uswitch.
The study analysed the eco-credentials of thousands of hotels in the world’s 200 largest cities on Booking.com. Using the holiday site’s ‘sustainable’ filter, researchers discovered how many eco-conscious hotels are available in each place and then compared this to the total number of hotels listed to create a percentage score.
Vancouver has 89 hotels listed in total and nearly 44% of them have been recognised for their eco-credentials. A stand-out stay in the Canadian city is the five-star Fairmont Waterfront, a hotel famed for supporting its surrounding environment with its eco-efforts. The Fairmont Waterfront homes 250,000 honeybees, recycles and composts where possible, and encourages all event planners to use carbon-neutral alternatives.
Stockholm is the second city on the list - a city often celebrated for being eco-friendly - with 87 of its 216 hotels being awarded for their sustainability. The rest of the top five is dominated by Canadian cities; Toronto is third with nearly 25% of all hotels being recognised as sustainable. Calgary is fourth with over 23% eco-friendly options, and Edmonton is fifth with 22.56% of its hotels being sustainable.
Making up the rest of the top 10 is Lahore in Pakistan, in sixth, two Colombian cities take seventh and eighth place - going to Medellin and Bogota respectively. Ninth and tenth on the list are two South African cities; Ekurhuleni is ninth as a result of 19.46% of its hotels having green-approved practices, and Johannesburg completes the top 10.
Top 20 cities with the most sustainable stays
Rank City Country # Hotels # Sustainable Hotels % Sustainable
1 Vancouver Canada 89 39 43.82
2 Stockholm Sweden 216 87 40.28
3 Toronto Canada 150 37 24.67
4 Calgary Canada 136 32 23.53
5 Edmonton Canada 133 30 22.56
6 Lahore Pakistan 150 32 21.33
7 Medellin Colombia 469 94 20.04
8 Bogota Colombia 750 147 19.60
9 Ekurhuleni South Africa 1115 217 19.46
10 Johannesburg South Africa 687 132 19.21
11 La Paz Bolivia 91 17 18.68
12 Amman Jordan 218 39 17.89
13 Quito Ecuador 323 56 17.34
14 Munich Germany 410 71 17.32
15 Santiago Chile 414 70 16.91
16 Chennai India 477 79 16.56
17 Cape Town South Africa 1757 289 16.45
18 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 61 10 16.39
19 Marrakesh Morocco 1710 275 16.08
20 Baku Azerbaijan 492 79 16.06
