Tourism for tomorrow finalists unveiled
Includes Travel Foundation PWC Report… Now for the on site visits…
The 15 Finalists in the 2016 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards – in the five categories of Community, Destination, Environment, Innovation and People – have now been chosen after a rigorous judging process. Original entries came from 62 countries.
The Finalists for this year’s WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are:
Community Award Finalists, whose organisations are committed to sustainable tourism leadership in local community development, empowerment and cultural heritage: Expediciones Sierra Norte, Pueblos Mancomunados (Mexico), Sapa O’Chau (Vietnam) and Yayasan Ekowisata Indonesia (Indonesia).
Destination Award Finalists, who show commitment to supporting and delivering sustainable tourism best practices in their destinations: Parkstad Limburg (Netherlands), Swiss Parks Network (Switzerland) and V&A Waterfront (South Africa).
Environment Award Finalists, whose organisations and companies achieved environmental best practice through biodiversity conservation, protection of natural habitats, addressing climate change, and green operations: Alcatraz Cruises (USA), Lindblad Expeditions (USA and worldwide) and Wilderness Safaris (South Africa / Botswana).
Innovation Award Finalists, who provided innovative solutions to overcoming the challenges faced by Travel & Tourism in implementing sustainability in practice: ANVR (the Netherlands), Northsailing (Iceland) and joint project by PWC, Travel Foundation & TUI Group (United Kingdom).
People Award Finalists, who are dedicated to the development of capacity building, training and education to build a skilled tourism workforce for the future: Jus’ Sail (Saint Lucia), Kinyei International (Cambodia) and Youth Career Initiative (United Kingdom).
The second phase will see on-site evaluation of each Finalist by international sustainable tourism experts, assessing the organisations and the business practices they have highlighted in their application.
Following the evaluations the winners of each category will be chosen by a further panel of leading authorities in sustainability.
Said Awards Lead Judge, Graham Miller, Professor of Sustainability in Business and Head of School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, The University of Surrey: "There is still no shortage of passion and determination to drive forward sustainability, but working smarter through networks, partnerships and high level thinking mark the future for sustainable tourism."
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