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 * Best accommodation for responsible employment: **

A hotel, ecolodge, campsite or other accommodation that has an exemplary responsible approach to the employment and treatment of staff.

Read more about the [|Best accommodation for responsible employment]  category.

Sponsored by: [|Florida Keys & Key West Tourist Development Council]
 * Best contribution to wildlife conservation: **

A tourism business or initiative that had measurable success in preserving and managing habitat and wildlife species.

Read more about the [|Best contribution to wildlife conservation]  category.


 * Best innovation by a tour operator: **

A tourism business with an innovative and successful approach to responsible tourism.

Read more about the <span style="color: #007efd; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Best innovation by a tour operator] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;"> category.


 * <span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">Best for poverty reduction and inclusion: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">Sponsored by: <span style="color: #007efd; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Tobago House of Assembly]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">A tourism organisation with a creative and long-term approach to reducing poverty in local communities and including local and marginalised people in their activities.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">Read more about the <span style="color: #007efd; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Best for poverty reduction and inclusion] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;"> category.


 * <span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">Best responsible tourism campaign: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial,verdana; font-size: 12.16px;">A campaign from a tourism business or organisation which has successfully championed responsible tourism. This could be a marketing campaign or an advocacy campaign.

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Best accommodation (for the environment/ for local communities) Best contribution to conserving cultural heritage Best destination Best for conservation of wildlife and habitat Best for poverty reduction Best in a marine environment Best in a mountain environment Best in responsible tourism writing Best low carbon initiative Best responsible cruise operator Best tour operator for local experiences Best volunteering organisation
 * For which category do you want to nominate them?**

The Responsible Tourism Awards are organised by founder responsibletravel.com, with support from media partners Metro, Geographical Magazine (the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society), and World Travel Market, where the Awards are given out. The judging process is designed and organised in partnership with the International Centre for Responsible Tourism, and Virgin Holidays have supported the Awards as headline sponsor since 2007.

Read more about [|our Partners].

Since they were founded in 2004, the Awards have attracted over 10,000 nominations from members of the public, leading to 201 unique organisations Awarded from 51 countries around the world.

What are the Awards for?
The Responsible Tourism Awards were founded in 2004 to celebrate and inspire change in the tourism industry. The Awards rest on a simple principle – that all types of tourism, from niche to mainstream, can and should be organised in a way that preserves, respects and benefits destinations and local people.

We want to celebrate the shining stars of responsible tourism – the individuals, organisations and destinations working innovatively with local cultures, communities and biodiversity.

But more than that, we want their examples to inspire others. That’s why we’ve got the most rigorous judging process around, and work with the best partners in the industry to help us get the word out – to ensure that their stories provide an example to the industry.

How do the Awards work?
Rather than handpick our nominees, we rely on travellers and the industry to nominate those tourism ventures with exciting stories to share. This makes our Awards unique – we don’t pre-decide the winners, we let you tell us who should be in the running. Every year we team up with our media partners to invite the public to make their nominations, and every year this process yields hundreds of unique nominees.

All it takes for someone to be considered for an Award is one nomination in any of our categories. It isn’t a popularity contest; one nomination is enough to be entered.

Once all the nominations are received the judging process really begins – several stages designed with the International Centre for Responsible Tourism to put our nominees through their paces. At each stage the list gets shorter, until our expert panel of judges are ready to combine their knowledge to debate the winners on our annual Judging Day. Read more about the [|Judging process].

What does it mean to be a winner?
Finalists of the Awards are invited to a prestigious ceremony hosted as part of World Responsible Tourism Day at the World Travel Market in London, where the winners are announced to an audience of tourism ministers, destination managers, industry professionals and media. We work with a variety of media partners to share the stories of our winners with the public – including Metro, and Geographical magazine.

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Best Responsible Tourism Campaign  Entry Submission Form **Welcome to the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2016** You are entering the ‘Best Responsible Tourism Campaign’ category – awarded to a campaign from a tourism business or organisation which has successfully championed responsible tourism. This could be a marketing campaign or an advocacy campaign. We are looking for practices and initiatives that will inspire others and that are replicable across the industry. The purpose of the Awards is to inspire, educate and encourage change; please be sure to tell us in your submission what you think makes your business or organisation stand out from the crowd. Please complete this submission form to the best of your ability, and [|upload the completed document] by Sunday 8th May 2016. If you have any queries you may our comprehensive [|‘Frequently Asked Questions’] may help. If you are unable to find an answer there please contact Sarah Faith at awards@responsibletravel.com. Good luck!


 * **Name of your organisation:** ||
 * // N.B. Entries into this category can include marketing campaigns or advocacy campaigns. // ||
 * # **1.** **Why do you think your organisation deserves to win an Award? (300 words)** ||
 * # **2.** **What makes your responsible tourism campaign stand out? (400 words)** ||
 * //Please provide evidence to support your statement. Please compile any supporting evidence into one document of less than 2MB in size – which you will be able to upload along with this form. Video files and powerpoint files cannot be accepted.// ||
 * # **3.** **Please give us a brief overview of your organisation and your campaign. Where you work, what initiatives you are involved in, who is involved, your aims and objectives etc. (600 words)** ||
 * # **4.** **Have you previously won a World Responsible Tourism Award, or an equivalent award for responsible tourism?** ||
 * //If yes, please provide details below// ||
 * # **5.** **Do you have a Responsible Tourism policy, or other specific policies related to tourism?**
 * YES / NO** ||
 * //If yes please paste below, or upload with this form.// ||
 * **Your organisation details:** |||| **Your details:** ||
 * **Year organisation started:** ||  || **Name:** ||   ||
 * **Country:** ||  || **Job title:** ||   ||
 * **No. guests/travellers per year:** ||  || **Phone No.** ||   ||
 * **Website:** ||  || **Email Address:** ||   ||
 * **Social media links – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram** ||  || **Skype name (if applicable):** ||   ||
 * YES / NO** ||
 * //If yes please paste below, or upload with this form.// ||
 * **Your organisation details:** |||| **Your details:** ||
 * **Year organisation started:** ||  || **Name:** ||   ||
 * **Country:** ||  || **Job title:** ||   ||
 * **No. guests/travellers per year:** ||  || **Phone No.** ||   ||
 * **Website:** ||  || **Email Address:** ||   ||
 * **Social media links – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram** ||  || **Skype name (if applicable):** ||   ||
 * **No. guests/travellers per year:** ||  || **Phone No.** ||   ||
 * **Website:** ||  || **Email Address:** ||   ||
 * **Social media links – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram** ||  || **Skype name (if applicable):** ||   ||

Please upload your completed submission form at the link below, along with any supporting documents, by** Sunday 8th May 2016. ** [] // Submissions can ONLY be entered at the link above. We are NOT able to accept submissions via email, Dropbox, Wetransfer.com or similar file-sharing sites. //

Comprehensive answers to frequently asked questions can be found at: []

For any other queries please contact Sarah Faith, Awards coordinator on awards@responsibletravel.com

Thank you and good luck!

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