Wings Travel – A Boutique Consultancy for Sustainable Tourism Policy & Destination Transformation

Wings Travel is a boutique consultancy dedicated to supporting destinations and international organisations in designing and implementing sustainable tourism policies that work in practice.

Founded and owned by Dr Ante Mandić and Suzana Mandić, Wings Travel operates at the intersection of tourism policy, conservation, destination governance, and landscape-sensitive planning. Our work is grounded in scientific evidence, international policy frameworks, and hands-on experience with destinations facing real-world sustainability challenges.

Why Wings Travel

Wings Travel reflects our belief that tourism should support destinations to move forward responsibly, not weigh them down. Wings symbolize strategic lift, perspective, and balance—helping destinations rise while respecting ecological limits, governance capacity, and local communities. Our role is not to push growth, but to enable informed, context-sensitive progress, so destinations can operate sustainably and independently over the long term.

Our Philosophy

We believe that sustainable tourism cannot be achieved through generic solutions or checklists.

Instead, it requires:

  • Context-sensitive policy design
  • Strong governance and institutional capacity
  • Integration of ecological, social, and spatial dimensions
  • Clear pathways from strategy to implementation

Wings Travel works with clients who are seeking long-term transformation, not short-term fixes.

What We Do

Wings Travel provides expert advisory and consultancy services across the full policy and planning cycle, including:

Sustainable Tourism Policy & Strategy

  • National and regional sustainable tourism strategies
  • Scenario-based policy development
  • Alignment with international frameworks (e.g. biodiversity, climate, SDGs)

Destination Management & Planning

  • Destination Management Plans (DMPs)
  • Carrying capacity and limits of acceptable change assessments
  • Visitor management strategies for protected and heritage areas

Nature-Based & Protected Area Tourism

  • Sustainable tourism models for national parks and protected areas
  • Integration of tourism and conservation objectives
  • Community-based and regenerative tourism approaches

Climate Change & Tourism

  • Climate adaptation and mitigation frameworks for destinations
  • Vulnerability and resilience assessments
  • Climate-informed tourism planning and investment guidance

Advisory Work for International Organisations

  • Policy guidelines and technical frameworks
  • Capacity building and expert training
  • Research-to-policy translation

Who We Are

Dr Ante Mandić

Dr Ante Mandić is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Tourism and an internationally recognised expert in nature-based tourism, sustainability policy, and destination governance.

He has advised governments, international organisations, and destinations on sustainable tourism strategy, carrying capacity, and climate-resilient planning, and has contributed to global policy processes through his work with organisations such as IUCN and GSTC.

His work combines academic excellence, policy relevance, and practical implementation, ensuring that consultancy outputs are both rigorous and actionable.

Suzana Mandić

Suzana Mandić is a landscape designer, contributing a critical spatial and environmental design perspective to destination planning and tourism development.

Her work focuses on:

  • Landscape-sensitive tourism development
  • Integration of tourism infrastructure into natural and cultural landscapes
  • Enhancing visitor experience while safeguarding ecological integrity

This design-led perspective strengthens Wings Travel’s ability to translate policy and strategy into spatially coherent and environmentally responsible solutions.

Why Wings Travel

Clients work with Wings Travel because we offer:

  • Boutique, hands-on engagement — not generic consultancy templates
  • Direct involvement of senior experts in every project
  • Strong policy credibility, backed by international research and advisory experience
  • Integrated thinking, combining policy, governance, ecology, and landscape design

We are particularly well suited to destinations and organisations operating in sensitive environments, complex governance settings, or periods of transition.

Working With Us

Wings Travel works with:

  • National and regional governments
  • Protected area authorities
  • International organisations and NGOs
  • Destination management organisations
  • Research and policy institutions

Engagements range from short-term expert advisory to long-term strategic partnerships.

Contact

If you are interested in working with Wings Travel or exploring potential collaboration, please get in touch:

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Base: Croatia | Working internationally