Global top 100 sustainable destinations unveiled

Biggest-ever green destination gathering announced its top 100 at a packed gala event in a historic green European capital.

The Sustainable Destinations Top 100 was unveiled for the second year on World Tourism Day and Green Destinations Day.

The awards celebrate the efforts of tourism destinations’ responsible and sustainable tourism initiatives.

Based on 15 core criteria of the Green Destinations Standard nominations were open to all and had to provide extensive information on the destination and on its efforts towards sustainability for the benefit of visitors, residents and the world.

All nominations were evaluated by experts of the Green Destinations Top 100 Team and by members of the special Top 100 Selection Panel that included over 60 tourism sustainability experts.

The Top 100 initiative aims to recognise tourism destinations that have worked hard to make a difference and take sustainability seriously.

Nevertheless, the organization says that sustainability is an ongoing challenge "no destination is sustainable for the full 100%. Even in the selected destinations important issues remain to be solved."

The Award winners were presented to the 350 participants of the Global Green Destinations Gala, 27 September 2016 in Slovenia at the Ljubljana’s historic castle at a gala event.

Slovenia is European Green Capital 2016.

More information on the Top 100 selection will shortly be available at: http://greendestinations.info/top100-2016/

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SEE THE WINNERS HERE:

ITALY

• Best of Romagna
• Montepisano in Toscana
• Cogne (Valle d’Aosta)

JORDAN

• Sharhabil Bin Hassneh

KENYA

• Loisaba Conservancy
• Mara Naboisho Conservancy

KOREA

• Dongbaekdongsan
• Suncheon Bay Wetland

LATVIA

• J-«rmala

ARGENTINA

• Bariloche
• Tigre

AUSTRIA

• Werfenweng

BHUTAN

• Kingdom of Bhutan

BOLIVIA

• Madidi National Park

BOTSWANA

• Chobe, Makgadikgadi & Okavango Delta
• Selinda Reserve

BRAZIL

• Ponta de Nossa Senhora
• Fernando de Noronha

CANADA

• Niagara River, Falls and Parkway
• Great Bear Rainforest
• Dehcho-Akaitcho regions, Mackenzie Valley
• Mackenzie Delta – Beaufort Sea, NWT/YT

COSTA RICA

• Costa Rica including the Osa Peninsula

CHILE

• Isla Grande de Chiloe
• Curacavi
• Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
• Huilo Huilo

CHINA

• Yi Xian (Yi County), Anhui Province
• Mt. Huangshan
• Jiuzhaigoiu Scenic Area
• Sanqingshan World Heritage Site

COLOMBIA

• Otun Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

CROATIA

• Delnice
• Town of Drniš
• Town of Mali Lošinj
• Gorski kotar
• Island Krk
• Pula

CYPRUS

• Paphos district

FRANCE

• Bretagne

GERMANY

• Norderney & Juist
• Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve
• Uckermark

GREECE

• Alonnisos, Northern Sporades

INDIA

• Khangchendzonga National Park
• Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

INDONESIA

• Misool, Raja Ampat
• Plataran L’Harmonie, West Bali Barat NP

IRELAND

• Clonakilty
• Gozo – Comino

NETHERLANDS

• Ameland
• Noordwijk
• Katwijk – Wassenaar
• Westvoorne – Hoek v Holland
• Goeree-Overflakkee
• Schouwen-Duiveland
• Veere
• Zuid-Limburg

NETHERLANDS – CARIBBEAN

• Bonaire
• Saba – St. Eustatius

MEXICO

• Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve

NIGERIA

• Cross River State

NORWAY

• Svalbard
• Geilo
• Sognefjord

REPUBLIC OF PALAU

• Republic of Palau

PHILIPPINES

• Lake Holon
• Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
• Bojo, Aloguinsan, Cebu

PORTUGAL

• Oeste (West region)
• Azores
• Peneda-Gerês National Park
• Lagos
• Cascais
• Sintra

RWANDA

• Volcanoes National Park

SLOVENIA

• Ljubljana
• Slovenia Green Destinations

SOUTH AFRICA

• Cape Town
• Grootbos Private Nature Reserve

SPAIN

• Atlantic Islands of Galicia NP
• Terres de l’Ebre
• Baiona, Galicia
• Noja

SWEDEN

• Sigtuna
• Åre

TAIJIKISTAN

• Pamir Mountains

TAIWAN

• Northeast and Yilan Coast
• Cihalaay Cultural Landscape Area

TANZANIA

• Chumbe Island (Zanzibar)

THAILAND

• Tung Dap Village

TIMOR LESTE

• Atauro Island

UNITED KINGDOM

• The Broads National Park, England
• Comrie, Scotland
• County Down, Northern Ireland
• Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

UNITED STATES

• Jackson Hole & Yellowstone
• Desert View Grand Canyon NP
• Vermont

URUGUAY

• Punta del Este

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