Definition:
Responsible tourism is characterized by support of purchasing local produce and employment of locals, recycling and separation of imperishable materials, general clean and quiet behaviour, economizing of natural resources, use of solar energy and public transport, and overall ecological sensitivity.

This tourism aims to create better places for people to live in and for people to visit, as defined by the Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in 2002. It is about respecting and benefiting local people and the environment, treasuring local culture, reducing the harmful impact on the environment, encouraging conservation and economizing, and also increasing social green awareness amongst tourists.

What the Scots Hotel does to promote a green environment:

• Employment of local workers.

• Most of the produce is purchased in the Galilee and Golan regions.

• All the hotel's technological servers are stored on remote servers in order to save energy.

• The rooms include the "by pass" service in order to save energy.

• The hotel's lighting changes in the evening for a 25% reduction in electricity usage.

• New PL lighting - a system that works on gas and saves energy.

• The hotel's magnificent gardens are watered by a computerized system which operates in the late evening and saves water.

• The hotel's air-conditioning system is separate for each building and enables control of air-conditioning in all areas of the hotel, leading to energy savings.

• The water heating system operates via heat pumps instead of burning gas to heat the water. The system reduces pollution significantly, to next to 0%, and also realizes a 50% gas consumption reduction.

• The hotel shop sells “fair trade” goods to benefit small local cooperatives.

• Archeological walk and visitors’ centre expose and treasure local history and culture.