It was started in 2002 by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Network Evolution for Sustainable Tourism (NEST).
[1][2] The World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) became partners in 2006.
(ECOTRANS - founded in 1993 - is a non-profit organisation based in Saarbrücken, Germany.
It is a European network of experts and organisations in tourism, environment and regional development).
It is dedicated to sustainable tourism in coastal regions and relates its members to DestiNet.