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WTTC calls for sustainable tourism entries
LONDON – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is inviting tourism companies and organisations from around the world that can demonstrate best practice in sustainable tourism development to submit their applications for the 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday, December 2, 2009.
“The Travel & Tourism industry as a whole has radically changed the way it views sustainability, moving it from the sidelines to centre stage,†says Costas Christ, chairman of judges for the awards.
The finalists and winners will be publicly recognised and will meet government and industry leaders at the awards ceremony that takes place at WTTC’s annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit.
Full details at www.tourismfortomorrow.com/apply
The Awards are determined in four different categories:
Destination Stewardship Award: This award goes to a destination – country, region, state, or town – which comprises a network of tourism enterprises and organisations that show dedication to, and success in, maintaining a programme of sustainable tourism management at the destination level, incorporating social, cultural, environmental and economic aspects as well as multi-stakeholder engagement.
Conservation Award: Open to any tourism business, organisation or attraction, including lodges, hotels, or tour operators, able to demonstrate that their tourism development and operations have made a tangible contribution to the conservation of natural heritage.
Community Benefit Award: This award is for a tourism initiative that has effectively demonstrated direct benefits to local people, including capacity building, the transfer of industry skills, and support for community development.
Global Tourism Business Award: Open to any large company from any sector of Travel & Tourism – cruise lines, hotel groups, airlines, tour operators, etc – with at least 200 full-time employees and operating in more than one country or in more than one destination in a single country, this award recognises best practices in sustainable tourism at a large company level.
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