ABTA has been shortlisted for an Innovation Award at the 2015 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.
The awards, run by the World Travel & Tourism Council, looks at responsible tourism and how it can help communities and environments.
ABTA has been selected as a finalist for its Global Welfare Guidance for Animals in Tourism.
It is the first report of its kind to establish concrete guidance for welfare best practice across the broadest range of animal interaction experiences.
Developed in partnership with the Born Free Foundation, and with input from 200 individuals and organisations around the world, ABTA’s guidelines are already having an impact.
Since their launch in June 2013, inspections against the minimum requirements contained within the guidance have been conducted at 52 facilities by ABTA members.
STA Travel has stopped offering trips to the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona after an audit of its own portfolio against the guidelines.
The guidelines have been adopted to form the basis of the Dutch and German industry responses to animal welfare.
Winners will be announced in Madrid, Spain on April, 15 during WTTC’s Global Summit.
