Immediate Release
Contact:
Bruce Beckham, CTP, Executive Director
bruceb@tourismcares.org
(781)821.5990
Joseph Sobin, CTC, CTIE, Public Relations
pr@tourismcares.org
(212)704.8101
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Announces Winners
Of Fifth Annual Sustainable Tourism Awards
Orlando, FL (December 4,
2005) - At the United States Tour Operators Association luncheon
sponsored by Smithsonian magazine today, the
winners of the Smithsonian magazine/Tourism Cares for Tomorrow
2005 Sustainable
Tourism Awards were announced as follows:
Preservation Category: The Louisa May Alcott Orchard House in Massachusetts
Opened in 1911 to the general public, the 315-year-old Orchard
House brings to life the Alcott legacy in literature, art, education,
philosophy,
and social justice through tours, living history events, educational
programs, and original family furnishings and archives.
Conservation Category: The Black Sheep Inn Ecolodge in Ecuador
The 10-room lodge was built with sustainable techniques including
solar panels, compost toilets and rain water collectors. Guests
are educated
in conservation and sustainable living habits in a comfortable
setting.
On-line voting for the awards increased by 22% over the votes cast
in 2004. “This is the fifth year of these awards and each year
it becomes more competitive. All of the more than 100 applicants were
worthy of the Sustainable Tourism Awards. A panel of experts from various
fields chose the six impressive finalists who all exemplify the tenets
of sustainable tourism which these awards advocate,” said Bruce
Beckham, Executive Director of Tourism Cares, adding, “The winners
embody sustainable tourism through their work in preservation and conservation,
protecting our treasures and environment for future generations to
enjoy”. Each winner received $20,000.
The other finalists by category were:
Preservation: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Preservation: Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York
Conservation: Shamwari Game Reserve, South Africa
Conservation: Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow is a non-profit that benefits society
by preserving, conserving and promoting the responsible use of
the world’s
natural, cultural and historic treasures and supporting education and
research to help secure the positive future of travel and tourism worldwide.
For additional information about Tourism Cares for Tomorrow, please
go to www.tourismcares.org.
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