Final call for BA environmental tourism nominations
The closing date for entries for the British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards is 22 July 2002.
The British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow competition, which kicked off in May, aims to raise awareness of the world’s role models for sustainable tourism and is judged by leading figures in the environmental and conservation world.
Experts such as top environmentalist, Professor David Bellamy and Martin Brackenbury, President of the International Federation of Tour Operators, have today repeated their call for UK tourists and tourism organisations to nominate sensitive tourism projects visited on holiday in the UK and abroad.
The judges are looking for projects which benefit the local community, protect the natural and cultural heritage, control energy and water use, educate local people and visitors and also contribute towards a better life for future generations.
Professor David Bellamy, chairman of the British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow global judging panel said: “Holidaymakers make the best ambassadors of what we have come to know as ‘eco-travel’. They see, first-hand, the impact that tourism makes throughout the world, whether it’s on the beaches of Lanzarote, on the coral reefs of the Maldives or in the Himalayas. We need them to tell us where people are trying to combat the sometimes harmful effect of tourism, so that their children and grandchildren can enjoy the same delights years from now.”
Past winners of the award include The Wetland Centre in Barnes, Strattons Hotel in Norfolk, Taybet Zaman Village Hotel and Resort in Jordan, Skyrail in Australia, Karimabad and Baltit Project Development in Pakistan, the Aspen Skiing Company in Colorado, USA, Coral Cay Conservation in Belize, a Himalayan conservation project in Nepal, a community project in Hawaii, Vale do Lima in Portugal and Chumbe Island Coral Park in Zanzibar.
Stephanie Fudge, Operations manager of last years winner, The Wetland Centre in Barnes, said: “Winning the British Airways Global Tourism for Tomorrow Award has raised the profile of the London Wetland Centre as an eco-tourism destination, both in the UK and abroad. It has helped us to raise awareness of important wetland conservation issues through increased visitor numbers.”
Further details about the awards and an entry form can be found on the website: www.britishairways.com/tourism. Entries can also be sent to Maxine Kibble, British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, Australasia House, Waterside (HBBG), PO Box 365, Harmondsworth, UB7 OGB. Tel: 020 8738 5816/ Fax: 020 8738 9850. **Please mention you read this information on TravelMole.**
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