Green tourism sets ‘big hairy audacious’ million tonne co2 goal

Jon Proctor Technical Director of Green Tourism announcing ambitious Green Tourism carbon goals

Million tonne carbon saving target announced plus Goldstar tourism businesses awarded at green convention.

200 delegates saw this year’s Green Tourism get-together at the Palace Hotel Manchester break new ground at many levels including massive emissions savings and pilot Green Tourism projects in Zimbabwe and in Italy.

To help tourism businesses reduce costs and manage their carbon emissions, Jon Proctor, Green Tourism’s Technical Director, announced an ambitious – in his words "Big Hairy Audicious Million Tonne of CO2 goal".

Green Tourism members will be helped to achieve a total of a million tonnes of carbon savings each year from 2015 – this could mean up to an astonishing UK£200 million of energy savings – apart from the benefits in terms of pollution and global warming.

Green Tourism will shortly unveil a carbon calculator to help in this aim.

Felicia K Munjaidi and Sophia Zirebwa of Zimbabwe Tourism with Andrea Nicholas of Green Tourism and Les Solley Best Western Kings Manor Hotel, Edinburgh

Green Tourism also announced an arrangement with Zimbabwe to run a pilot scheme in the African country to audit and certify 50 hotels initially.

A Memorandum of Understanding has also been agreed to run a similar pilot project in the Emilio Romagna province of Italy.

For the first time a certified Green Tourism Canada business has featured in the Goldstar awards.

The highlight of the event was the unveiling of the green star awards for simply superb green tourism businesses as follows

Best Activity Centre / Provider

Blancathra Field Studies centre, Kewswick, Cumbria

Surf South West, Croyde, Devon

Best B&B / Guest House

The Rumblie, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire

Best Campus Accommodation

Storm Jameson Court – East & West, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Best Conference / Events Venue

CREATE Environment Centre, Bristol, Avon

Best Holiday Park / Camping site

Dolbeare Park, Saltash, Cornwall

Best Hostel

New Ing Lodge, Shap, Cumbria

Best Hotel

City Hotel, Derry, Londonderry

Best Inn / Pub

The Miners Arms, Alston, Cumbria

Best Museum

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Best Nature Reserve

RSPB Loch leven, Kinross, Perthshire

Best Self-Catering

Hoe Grange Holidays, Matlock, Derbyshire

Merlin Farm Eco Cottages, Newquay, Cornwall

Best Tour Operator

C-N-DO Scotland Ltd, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Best Visitor Attractions

Sealife Glass Bottom Boat, Gairloch, Ross-shire

Best Green Tourism Canada

Bluewater Adventures

People’s Choice

Bryn Bella Guest House, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy

‘Extra sausage Award’

Alistair Handyside

 

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