Deadline: 15 May 2015
The Wild Asia is currently accepting applications from companies based in Asia for its 2015 Responsible Tourism Awards. Wild Asia’s Responsible Tourism Awards is one of the first tourism award in Asia specifically focused on sustainable tourism best practices.
Established by Wild Asia in 2006, this annual award aims to recognize accommodation operators who are making a positive difference in the destination where they operate by adopting sustainable management practices. The Awards are founded on international standards (the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria) and provide a unique opportunity for businesses, organisations, and destinations across the region to benchmark their operations against global criteria, and be assessed free of charge by renowned experts in the field.
Award Categories
This year, there are seven categories available:
- Best in Community Engagement & Development: This award recognizes exceptional commitment to supporting the local community and economy in which your business operates.
- Best in Cultural Preservation: This award recognizes engagement and efforts by tourism businesses in preserving, enhancing and promoting local cultures and heritage.
- Best in Protection of Natural Areas & Wildlife Conservation: This award recognizes tourism businesses’ consideration of their local environment and biodiversity by actively supporting and protecting their natural assets.
- Best in Resource Efficiency: This award recognizes excellence in waste, water and energy management and sustainable architectural design in order to minimize your business’s environmental impact.
- Most Inspiring Responsible Tourism Destination: This award recognizes the tourism destination that excels by taking into consideration all the key principles of responsible tourism (maximum positive impacts to the local community and minimum negative impacts to the environment) and awards innovation for the most inspiration destination of the year.
- Most Inspiring Responsible Tourism Initiative: This award recognizes grass-roots initiatives championing responsible tourism within their destination.
- Most Inspiring Responsible Tourism Operator: This award recognizes the tourism operator that excels by taking into consideration all the key principles of responsible tourism (maximum positive impacts to the local community and minimum negative impacts to the environment) and awards innovation for this most inspiring tourism business of the year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only companies based in Asia can enter.
- Companies providing services in these regions, but not based within the region will not be considered.
- Businesses currently contracting Wild Asia for consultancy services cannot apply.
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