{"id":21354,"date":"2017-10-15T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=21354"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:29:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:29:47","slug":"16th-skal-international-sustainable-tourism-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/10\/16th-skal-international-sustainable-tourism-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"16th Sk\u00e5l International Sustainable Tourism Awards announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/skal-awards-2017.jpg\" alt=\"16th Sk\u00e5l International Sustainable Tourism Awards announced\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/skal-awards-2017.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/skal-awards-2017-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he sixteenth annual presentation of the\u00a0<strong>Skal International Sustainable Tourism Awards<\/strong>\u00a0took place on Friday 6 October 2017 during the Opening Ceremony of the\u00a0<strong>78th Skal World Congress\u00a0<\/strong>held at the\u00a0<strong>Hyderabad International Convention Centre\u00a0<\/strong>(HICC).<\/p>\n<p>47 entries from 28 countries have competed in ten categories. Skal International is an Affiliate Member of the\u00a0<strong>UNWTO<\/strong>\u00a0and this year has incorporated a special category to award the sustainable Tourism Destinations on the occasion of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community and Government Projects<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Countryside and Wildlife<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Panthera Africa, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Iinstitutions \/ Programmes and Media<br \/>\nEl Nido Resorts \/ Ten Knots\u00a0Development\u00a0Corporation, Philippines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Tourist Attractions<br \/>\nLampivaara Amethyst\u00a0Mine, Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Marine Dynamics Tours, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rural Accommodation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>La Loma Jungle\u00a0Lodge\u00a0and Chocolate Farm, Panama\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tourism Destinations<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tourism Central Australia, Australia\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour Operators &#8211; Travel Agents<br \/>\nGamewatchers Safaris &amp; Porini Camps, Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Okeanos Sustainable Sea Transport, Vanuatu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Urban Accommodation<br \/>\nVineyard Hotel, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixteenth annual presentation of the\u00a0Skal International Sustainable Tourism Awards\u00a0took place on Friday 6 October 2017 during the Opening Ceremony of the\u00a078th Skal World Congres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,534],"tags":[83],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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