{"id":6666,"date":"2015-09-02T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T08:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6666"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:08:09","slug":"6666","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/6666\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia&#8217;s best responsible tourism companies to be announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6667\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RTA2015.png\" alt=\"RTA2015\" width=\"412\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RTA2015.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RTA2015-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RTA2015-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>Later this week, the winners of the Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards will be announced at the 2015 Pata Travel Mart, which starts in Bangalore on September 4th. Now in their ninth year, they are the only regional responsible tourism awards for Asia.\u00a0\u201cSustainability is one of the main advocacy themes of the Association and an important issue to address when we talk about the responsible development of travel and tourism,\u201d said Mario Hardy, PATA CEO. \u201cWe are therefore delighted to host the Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards at this year\u2019s Travel Mart and share in the celebration of tourism organisations that truly exemplify what it means to be sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The finalists for 2015 are as follows:<\/h2>\n<h6><strong>Best in Community Engagement and Development <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>\u2022 Lanjia Lodge, Thailand \u2022 Xintuo Ecotourism, China \u2022 CRDTours, Cambodia<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Best in Protection of Natural Areas &amp; Wildlife Conservation <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>\u2022 Club Med Cherating, Malaysia \u2022 Gaya Island, Malaysia<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Best in Resource Efficiency <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>\u2022 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