I have been a quiet little green girl for the last few weeks as I’ve been busily working away on the launch of the 2007 Responsible Tourism Awards, this year with a new headline sponsor, Virgin Holidays.
The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest of their kind in the world.
They are a collaboration between our team at online travel agent responsibletravel.com who organise the Awards, UK media partners, The Times and Geographical Magazine, and The World Travel Market who host the presentation event - this year at the first ever WTM World Responsible Tourism Day.
The guiding principle of the Awards is that all types of tourism – from niche to mainstream – can and should be operated in a way that respects and benefits destinations and local people.
The Awards are different from other tourism Awards in that winners are nominated by tourists. In 2006 we received over 1200 nominations! You can read about last year’s winners in the 2006 Awards Brochure.
I won’t say anymore right now except to tell you to get yourself a copy of The Times (if you’re in the UK) this Saturday for the launch of the Awards in the Travel section. The whole of the Travel supplement will be dedicated to responsible tourism and you can find out how to nominate your best responsible tourism holiday and even how to win a holiday yourself!
I’ll be back with more after the launch…
Happy travelling!
Katie
responsibletravel.com
