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How to obtain the Tourism Quality and Sustainability Q Seal?

Steps to obtain the Tourism Quality and Sustainability Q Seal

1. Registration:

any tourist company that wishes to join must be a registered tourist service company in the Guatemalan Tourism Institute –INGUAT-.

2. Adherence:

the employer must complete the company’s membership form, which can be requested to the email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to the PBX: 2290-2800 ext. 4150.

3. Socialization

is the first stage of the process, where INGUAT summons tourism entrepreneurs at a general level to inform them of the Quality Management System to be implemented.

4. Implementation

at this stage, the tourism service with the technical support of INGUAT adopts good practices, implement improvements in its internal procedures and makes methodological changes and modifications in infrastructure. Which will allow them to provide a quality service to their customers to correct the gaps that exist between what is currently established in it and the tourism quality standards to evaluate.

5. Verification

at this stage, the procedures and implementation of good practices are evaluated, through specific evaluation tools that measure the opportunities and results in a measurable way, established in the Quality Management System.

6. Validation

once the audit report has been delivered to INGUAT, the results obtained will be validated.

7. Obtaining the Q Seal

Those companies that approve the audit will be granted a certificate valid for two years, to make use of the Q Seal, which has a national recognition. 

Any tourism company that wishes to join must be a registered tourist service company in the Guatemalan Tourism Institute –INGUAT-.

Form For the Tourism and Sustainability Q Seal

Calidad Turística