The 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are now open

E-mail not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Tourism for Tomorrow Newsletter September 2017 Forward this email to your friend IN THIS ISSUE Application for the 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards is now open Any company or organisation looking to apply for next year's awards can now enter READ MORE >>> World Tourism Day 2017 celebrates: Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development Since 2017 is the UN's International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the focus for World Tourism Day this year will be assessing how best tourism can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE >>> Tourism and the SDGs: Goal 13 Climate Action The response from the tourism industry to climate change needs to combine accurate measurement of both the industry's impacts and the measures it can adopt; an understanding of the role of mitigation, and how best to adapt to whatever changes are inevitably to come.  READ MORE >>> Accessibility focus: Seoul to make city's tourism more accessible The Korean capital city is to invest in improving facilities for accessible tourism over the next five years. READ MORE >>> AdventureNEXT Near East conference returns to Jordan for 2018 Taking place from 7-9 May 2018, ATTA's event will focus on the theme 'Empowering Connections.READ MORE >>> Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference announces programme Ecotourism Australia's annual conference will host key tourism operators, protected area managers, tourism organisations, indigenous bodies and researchers from 20 nations in Adelaide this November. READ MORE >>> UNWTO Launches 'Travel.Enjoy.Respect' Campaign The campaign is aimed at raising awareness amongst tourists of the value and contribution that sustainable tourism can make towards development. READ MORE >>> Mexican coral reef receives a health insurance policy Piloted by the Nature Conservancy and reinsurer Swiss Re AG, the innovative project will see hotels, tourism organisations and other local businesses that benefit from the reef's presence, paying into a Reef and Beach Resilience and Insurance Fund. READ MORE >>> Written and edited by Jeremy Smith Contact Information at WTTC: For more information on Tourism for Tomorrow please click here or contact: Kmar Makni Tourism for Tomorrow Manager World Travel & Tourism Council Tel: +44 (0) 207 481 6488 Email: kmar.makni@wttc.org HEADLINE SPONSOR  2018 CATEGORY SPONSORS 2018 SUPPORTERS Adventure Travel & Trade Association African Travel & Trade Association ​ Asia Ecotourism Network BEST EN Considerate Hoteliers ​ Ecotourism Japan ​ Fair Trade Tourism ​ Green Hotelier​                                      Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) International Tourism Partnership ​ PATA ​ Rainforest Alliance ​ The Europarc Federation ​ The International National Trusts Organisation The Long Run                                      Travelife      ​ Tony Charters & Associates ​ Voyageons Autrement Unsubscribe from this newsletter

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