Sustainable tourism
We have recruited Manon Guittet, sustainable tourism manager, who divides her time between Méditerranée Plage and a neighbouring campsite. This allows Manon to pool best practices, benefit from a better network and implement numerous measures to ensure that these campsites are geared towards more sustainable tourism.
Water consumption
As we want to be as transparent as water about our consumption of this precious resource, here is a document showing our consumption over the last few years.
Evolution of water consumption:
Overall consumption of campsite infrastructure divided;by the total number of overnight stays
Our best practices:
- Monitoring and analysis of consumption using separate meters
- Priority given to repairing leaks Water-saving taps and flushes throughout the campsite
- Recovery of settled water from swimming pools for watering and cleaning the exterior of mobile homes
- Drip irrigation Recovery of grey water from certain mobile homes Raising awareness among campers
Management of bio-waste
We recycle campers’ bio-waste thanks to a composting area on the campsite. The compost produced is then reused to nourish the soil in our green spaces.
We have recovered more than 11 tonnes of bio-waste over several seasons in a row, and have just added maturation bins so that we can receive more bio-waste. We will therefore be providing all campers with bio-buckets so that the amount of bio-waste collected and the number of people made aware of the issue continue to grow.
Sustainable mobility and cycle tourism
The transport sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in France, accounting for more than 30% of GHG emissions. This figure rises to 70% when we consider GHG emissions from the tourism sector, with 60% of emissions from this sector are due to travel to and from holiday destinations. While most tourists use carbon-intensive means of transport such as cars or aeroplanes, cycling is growing exponentially and could drastically reduce the carbon footprint of the tourism sector. This is why our campsite has chosen to become a “bike-friendly” site, encouraging “slow tourism”* with facilities that make it easy for newcomers to the sport to embark on a cycling adventure.
*Slow tourism: An alternative form of tourism that is more respectful of the environment, allowing travellers to take their time and rediscover the diversity of landscapes as well as local, historical, cultural and gastronomic heritage. (source: https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/actualites/slow-tourisme-quoi-parle-t).
If you would like to find out more, visit the ADEME website: Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism in France: what are we talking about?
France also aims to become the world’s leading destination for cycle tourism!
Awareness
In 2025, we organised treasure hunts, some of which focused on sustainable development, such as the guide and blindfold challenge on the theme of waste sorting, and the micro-workshop “Inventing our low-carbon lives” run by the sustainable tourism officer. This is a fun workshop that helps participants better understand the scale of climate change and thus triggers action, both individually and collectively, to preserve the habitability of the planet, living organisms and resources. You can also find these resources on their website!
We also carried out our carbon assessment in 2020 with GERES, an international development and solidarity NGO created in Marseille in 1976 that promotes climate solidarity.
Here is a document explaining our carbon footprint, as well as a document explaining the average French carbon footprint.
And don’t hesitate to calculate your carbon footprint using the website: Nos Gestes Climat.
