The objective of this dissertation is to analyze tourism sustainability assessment tools and respective indicators for tourism destinations in different regions of Brazil, seeking to identify their strengths and weaknesses, limits and potential uses in large scale. Within the institutional context in which the research is situated, it is assumed that this effort will contribute to a broader understanding of the applicability in Brazil of tourism sustainability assessment tools concerning monitoring and evaluation (ME) of current public policies for tourism in this country. This research can be considered applied and descriptive. The research methodology encompasses: (i) literature review on sustainable tourism; tourism sustainability assessment tools; and empirical studies related to tourism destinations from different regions of Brazil; (ii) documentary research on normative frameworks applied to tourism sustainability assessment; (iii) study of eight cases proposition and evaluation of tourism sustainability applied in different regions of Brazil; and (iv) critical analysis according to the principles of Bellagio and Van Bellen s model of selected case studies in different regions of Brazil, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, limits and potential use in larger scale. The results of this analysis bring new insights for monitoring and evaluating tourism public policies in Brazil, emphasizing economic, social, environmental and cultural sustainability issues.