The 2017 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards winners are:
Community Award – Ol Peteja Conservancy, Kenya
Destination Award – Chobe, Makgadikgadi, and Okovango delta Ramsar site, Botswana Tourism Organisation, Botswana
Environment Award – Misool, Indonesia
Innovation Award – Mapping Ocean Wealth, The Nature Conservancy, USA
People Award – The J Willard and Alice S Marriot Foundation’s China Hospitality Education Initiative (CHEI), China
David Scowsill, President & CEO, WTTC, said: “I am delighted by the high standard of all our finalists. Those taking away the Awards this year represent the very best in sustainable tourism, and we hope that their example will both educate their peers and lead the sector forward. The Travel & Tourism sector is growing fast, and we have to ensure that this growth does not see short-term gains prioritised over the longer-term health of local environments and
communities. This year’s Award Winners demonstrate not only that tourism can be sustainable, but that it can bring tangible improvements to both the environmental and cultural surroundings in which it operates. We will see the Travel & Tourism sector driving forward to ensure a more sustainable world.”
For more information on the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards and all the winners, please visit www.wttc.org/tourism-for-tomorrow-awards
