{"id":22861,"date":"2017-12-19T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=22861"},"modified":"2017-12-20T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:18:07","slug":"enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3740 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wesgro-headline-sponsor.png\" alt=\"Wesgro-headline-sponsor\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">C<\/span>alling on tourism businesses in Africa \u2013 the search for the bright spots in responsible tourism on the continent is on!\u00a0 Now its fourth year, the #ARTA18 ceremony will again be hosted as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/africa.wtm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTM Africa<\/a> in Cape Town on Wednesday, 18 April 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts of individuals, organisations and destinations that use tourism to make Africa better.\u00a0 The five categories for the 2018 awards are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best for aquatic species and habitat conservation<\/li>\n<li>Best for decent work and social inclusion<\/li>\n<li>Best for innovation in water management<\/li>\n<li>Best responsible business event<\/li>\n<li>Best responsible cultural experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about the award categories and download entry forms <a href=\"https:\/\/bettertourismafrica.org\/african-responsible-tourism-awards\/african-responsible-tourism-awards-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previous years have uncovered many remarkable tourism businesses and organisations that plough back into their communities, conserve nature and heritage, benefit African destinations and African people.\u00a0\u00a0In the past entries from South Africa have been plentiful. We strongly encourage entries from other parts of Africa.\u00a0 In 2017, a remarkable five of the twelve Leaders in Responsible Tourism in the global\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/esponsibletourismpartnership.org\/2017\/11\/10\/leaders-in-responsible-tourism-results-of-the-wtm-rt-awards-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTM Responsible Tourism Awards<\/a> were from Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Entries close <strong>Thursday, 15 February 2018. \u00a0<\/strong>Make sure to submit your entry soon after the festive season rush.<\/p>\n<p>The African Responsible Tourism Awards are part of the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsibletravel.com\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World Responsible Tourism Awards<\/a>, the world\u2019s most respected responsible tourism awards. \u00a0The awards are organised by Better Tourism Africa, under licence by World Travel Market.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wesgro.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wesgro<\/a> will continue to support the Awards as its headline sponsor, as it has since the Award\u2019s inception in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Should you be interested in sponsoring a category or require further information, please e-mail <a href=\"mailto:africanrtawards@gmail.com\">awards@africanresponsbletourismawardscom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on twitter : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTAwardsAfrica\">@RTAwardsAfrica<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricanResponsibleTourismAwards\/\">Facebook : AfricanResponsibleTourismAwards<\/a> for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3741\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arta18emailfooter.png\" alt=\"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was first published by <a href=\"https:\/\/bettertourismafrica.org\/2017\/12\/15\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Better Tourism Africa<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-service\"><div class=\"su-service-title\" style=\"padding-left:46px;min-height:32px;line-height:32px\"><i class=\"sui sui-envelope-o\" style=\"font-size:32px;color:#333\"><\/i> Subscribe to our weekly newsletter<\/div><div class=\"su-service-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"padding-left:46px\">[yikes-mailchimp form=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling on tourism businesses in Africa \u2013 the search for the bright spots in responsible tourism on the continent is on!\u00a0The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534],"tags":[1530,2381,225],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wesgro-headline-sponsor.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"163\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"163\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Better Tourism Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\"},\"headline\":\"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Responsible Tourism\",\"Responsible Tourism Businesses\",\"WTM\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\",\"name\":\"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"description\":\"sustainable tourism consulting, news and resources\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Travindy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travindy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\",\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Travindy\"},\"description\":\"Travindy is an independent website featuring news and opinion on all issues to do with tourism and sustainability. Written primarily for an industry audience, our aim is to support the transformation of the sector into one that is regenerative, restorative and fully inclusive.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travindy\"],\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards","description":"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards","og_description":"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.","og_url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/","og_site_name":"Travindy","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","article_published_time":"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":163,"height":163,"url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wesgro-headline-sponsor.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Travindy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@travindy","twitter_site":"@Travindy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Better Tourism Africa","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/"},"author":{"name":"Travindy","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb"},"headline":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards","datePublished":"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/"},"wordCount":310,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Responsible Tourism","Responsible Tourism Businesses","WTM"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/","name":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-12-19T09:58:54+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-20T17:18:07+00:00","description":"Calling on tourism businesses in Africa. The African Responsible Tourism Awards celebrate the commitment and efforts that use tourism to make Africa better.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/12\/enter-the-2018-african-responsible-tourism-awards\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Enter the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/","name":"Travindy","description":"sustainable tourism consulting, news and resources","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Travindy","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-travindy-logo-square.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Travindy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travindy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb","name":"Travindy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e8e24b511c9178e320b9eb2226dadb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Travindy"},"description":"Travindy is an independent website featuring news and opinion on all issues to do with tourism and sustainability. Written primarily for an industry audience, our aim is to support the transformation of the sector into one that is regenerative, restorative and fully inclusive.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy","https:\/\/twitter.com\/travindy"],"url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}