{"id":2841,"date":"2015-08-04T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:21:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:21:51","slug":"finalists-announced-for-the-world-responsible-tourism-awards-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/08\/finalists-announced-for-the-world-responsible-tourism-awards-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists announced for the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2842\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2842\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wtm-award-winners-2014.png\" alt=\"The award winners at WTM in 2014\" width=\"490\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wtm-award-winners-2014.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wtm-award-winners-2014-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wtm-award-winners-2014-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The award winners at WTM in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A worldwide campaign to end canned hunting, a tour operator offering locally-led alternative city tours and a mangrove conservation and education project in Madagascar are among the organisations included in list of finalists for the 2015 World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM.<\/p>\n<p>After intense debate by the judging panel, 37 organisations have been chosen across 12 categories, recognising achievements from animal welfare campaigns to accessible tourism practices in one of the most diverse lists of finalists the World Responsible Tourism Awards has ever seen. The organisations, which range from tourism industry giants such as TUI Travel UK &amp; Ireland, to tiny individual enterprises such as Cnoc Suain in Ireland, or Felin Talgarth Mill in Wales, UK, are based in 20 countries worldwide, with Cyprus, Hong Kong and Finland represented for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>The complete list of finalists is:\u00a0&amp;Beyond,\u00a0Agri Tourism Development Corporation,\u00a0Aruba Tourism Authority,\u00a0Atlas Kasbah Ecolodge,\u00a0Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve &amp; Wellness Retreat,\u00a0Campaign Against Canned Hunting,\u00a0Cnoc Suain,\u00a0Connemara Wild Escapes,\u00a0Coral Cay Conservation,\u00a0Cyprus Tourism Organisation,\u00a0Endeavour Safaris,\u00a0Felin Talgarth Mill,\u00a0Gansbaai,\u00a0Grootbos Private Nature Reserve,\u00a0Hetta Huskies,\u00a0Hong Kong Airport Authority,\u00a0Honko Mangrove Education &amp; Conservation,\u00a0LooLa Adventure Group,\u00a0Loophead Peninsula,\u00a0Lotus Travel AB,\u00a0Matava Resort,\u00a0North Island Seychelles,\u00a0North Sailing,\u00a0OneSeed Expeditions,\u00a0RuralSuite Hotel-Apartamentos,\u00a0Scandic,\u00a0Shangri-La&#8217;s Vilingili Resort &amp; Spa, Maldives,\u00a0Soneva,\u00a0The Donkey Sanctuary,\u00a0Tiger Trails Jungle Lodge,\u00a0Travel for Wildlife,\u00a0TUI UK &amp; Ireland,\u00a0Turtle Bay Beach Club,\u00a0Uakari Lodge,\u00a0Ullswater Steamers,\u00a0Uncornered Market and\u00a0Urban Adventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Members of the public can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeotraveller.co.uk\/competitions\/world-responsible-tourism-awards-2015-peoples-choice\" target=\"_blank\">vote on the winner of the People&#8217;s Choice Award until 21 August here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.wtmlondon.com\/blog\/responsible-tourism\/finalists-for-2015-world-responsible-tourism-awards-announced\" target=\"_blank\">Read Harold Goodwin&#8217;s blog for WTM on the finalists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wtm_wrtd\" target=\"_blank\">Follow World Responsible Tourism Day on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vQuAc7xo5TE\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the video of the 2014 award ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>37 organisations from 20 countries have been announced as the finalists in the 12 categories of the annual awards, presented each year at WTM in London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,675,17,287,573,676],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 finalists announced<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"37 organisations from 20 countries have been 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