Press Release
Skål International presents the 2020 Sustainable Tourism Awards during its Annual General Assembly

The Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards are geared towards enhancing the visibility and grant recognition to entities from the Travel and Tourism industry.

The challenging year the world is facing has not been an obstacle to the continued success of the Sustainable Tourism Awards. In its nineteen edition, 44 entries from 23 countries have been received to compete in the nine available categories (Participants in the 19th edition of the Sustainable Tourism Awards).

In this edition, three prominent and distinguished judges from internationally recognized entities have independently evaluated each entry based on leadership criteria in sustainability that encompass tangible, measurable benefits to the environment, enhance business, and the society and communities in which they operate:
Patricio Azcárate Díaz de Losada,
General Secretary, Responsible Tourism Institute
Ellen Rugh
Program Manager, Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)
Dr. Louis D’Amore, Founder and President, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT)
Our appreciation goes to Biosphere Tourism who has given, for second consecutive year, the 'Special Skål Biosphere Award' to one of the winners of the Sustainable Tourism Awards.

The selection has been made based on the pillars of sustainability of the Responsible Tourism Institute and the winner will be offered a one-year free Biosphere Certification in one of their available categories.
Today, during the virtual General Assembly of Skål Clubs Delegates held through Zoom, the winners of the 2020 Sustainable Tourism Awards have officially been announced:
WINNERS OF THE 2020
SKÅL INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT PROJECTS
COUNTRYSIDE AND BIODIVERSITY
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND MEDIA

Canada.
MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

South Africa.
MARINE AND COASTAL

Indonesia
RURAL ACCOMMODATION

India
TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS

India.
WINNER OF THE 2020 SKÅL BIOSPHERE AWARD

India.
Skål International would like to thank all the entities presented to these awards for their participation, as well as give sincere congratulations to all the winners in this edition which is being held in a year of challenges, in which the fight for the restoration of Tourism at a global level must be the priority of all of us who are part of the industry.
About Skål International: Skål International is a professional organisation of Tourism leaders around the world, promoting global Tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and Tourism industry. Its members, the industry's managers and executives, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to do business among friends.

About Biosphere Tourism: Biosphere Tourism develops certifications to guarantee an adequate long-term balance between the economic, socio-cultural and environmental dimensions of a Destination, reporting significant benefits for a tourism entity, society and the environment. This certification is granted by the Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI), an international non-profit NGO, in the form of an association, which has promoted, for more than 20 years, responsible tourism at an international level, helping all the actors involved in the tourism sector develop a new way of traveling and of knowing our planet.
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