Relaxnews
May 20, 2011
Three destinations have been selected as the world's most exemplary when it comes to sustainable tourism, at the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The awards, which are among the most high-profile sustainable tourism awards of the year, were handed out May 17 at the start of a large travel trade conference in Las Vegas.
Among the winners were two African destinations, one European, and a company operating from Australia.
Singita Pamushana, a lodge in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in the southeast of Zimbabwe, was given the Conservation Award for its partnership with the Malilangwe trust.
The award's organizers said that the lodge and trust working together helped to rehabilitate wildlife that had suffered years of poaching, as well as providing clean water and a nutritional outreach program to more than 10,000 villagers in the region.
Guludo Beach Lodge, a luxury white-sand destination in Mozambique nestled between the African bush and the Indian Ocean, was given the Community Benefit Award for demonstrated direct and tangible benefits to local people.
Opened in 2006 in one of Mozambique's most deprived areas, the resort operates a non-profit charity to implement grassroots projects including malaria eradication, offering clean drinking water, primary healthcare and rural agriculture production.
The European winner was Alpine Pearls, which took the the Destination Stewardship Award.
The Pearls network, made of 24 Alpine communities in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and France, won its award for the sustainable transport network that now serves the villages, including solar-powered electric vehicles, low-carbon public transport and free use of bicycles for tourists.
In Australia, Intrepid Travel won the Global Tourism Business Award for its tour operations, which promise fair trade sourcing of its supply chain, environmentally-friendly practices and support of the areas it visits.
http://www.tourismfortomorrow.com/
May 20, 2011
Three destinations have been selected as the world's most exemplary when it comes to sustainable tourism, at the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The awards, which are among the most high-profile sustainable tourism awards of the year, were handed out May 17 at the start of a large travel trade conference in Las Vegas.
Among the winners were two African destinations, one European, and a company operating from Australia.
Singita Pamushana, a lodge in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in the southeast of Zimbabwe, was given the Conservation Award for its partnership with the Malilangwe trust.
The award's organizers said that the lodge and trust working together helped to rehabilitate wildlife that had suffered years of poaching, as well as providing clean water and a nutritional outreach program to more than 10,000 villagers in the region.
Guludo Beach Lodge, a luxury white-sand destination in Mozambique nestled between the African bush and the Indian Ocean, was given the Community Benefit Award for demonstrated direct and tangible benefits to local people.
Opened in 2006 in one of Mozambique's most deprived areas, the resort operates a non-profit charity to implement grassroots projects including malaria eradication, offering clean drinking water, primary healthcare and rural agriculture production.
The European winner was Alpine Pearls, which took the the Destination Stewardship Award.
The Pearls network, made of 24 Alpine communities in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and France, won its award for the sustainable transport network that now serves the villages, including solar-powered electric vehicles, low-carbon public transport and free use of bicycles for tourists.
In Australia, Intrepid Travel won the Global Tourism Business Award for its tour operations, which promise fair trade sourcing of its supply chain, environmentally-friendly practices and support of the areas it visits.
http://www.tourismfortomorrow.com/
