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Top100 Sustainable destination success
The big new award venue at ITB was packed for the Top100 Sustainable Destinations ‘Best of the Best’ awards. Next step 2019 Top100 complete listing.
At a relaxed and informative, colourful 90-minute event on ITB’s Palais stage, the world’s top sustainable destinations were revealed. Happy destination managers showed off their destinations in front of a big and knowledgeable crowd. Over 30 destinations from all over the world were at the event to collect their awards.
Leading sustainable destinations- the ‘Best of the Best of the Planet" sustainable destinations – were given well-deserved awards. Other categories were Best of Cities, Communities & Culture, Best of Nature, Best of Seaside, Best of Europe, Best of the Atlantic, Best of Africa, Best of Asia Pacific, Best of Americas, Best of Europe, and a very important award – in this case awarded to the Kingdom of Bhutan – The world is dying – What are we doing!
Only destinations who had already qualified to be in the Top100 list were eligible and the event showed how high is the quality and determination of these sustainable destinations.
The next step is the creation of the 2019 list of 100 sustainable destinations and applications are being received at this moment and the Top100 team are busy collating information.
The process is simple – a destination can be nominated by anybody, a travel agent, tour operator, member of the public or the destination itself. You will need to give the Top100 team a contact person at the destination to complete the procedure. To continue just download the form here http://greendestinations.org/2018-top100/
15 Apr 2018 Final day for ‘early bird’ nominations
01 Jul 2018 Notification of the first selected destinations
15 Dec 2018 Publication of the 2018 Sustainable Destinations Top 100
06 Mar 2019 Best of Top 100 Awards at ITB Berlin 2019
See report on ITB event and special awardees HERE
More information:http:// http://greendestinations.org/best-of-top100-awards
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