2005 winners
Overall winner: Tribes Travel Ltd
One of the first tour operators (if not the first in the UK) set up specifically to promote vacations which benefit local people, wildlife and environment - particularly community tourism. Their outstanding contribution has been to show that it really is possible to make a valid and successful business in tourism whilst promoting local community tourism products.
Best Tour Operator
Sponsored by Intrepid Travel
Winner: Tribes Travel Ltd
Chosen for their all round commitment to responsible tourism and in particular for their work in community based tourism
Highly commended:
Winner: Tribes Travel Ltd
Chosen for their all round commitment to responsible tourism and in particular for their work in community based tourism
Highly commended:
- Explore Worldwide Ltd
- Traidcraft Meet The People Tours
Best Hotel
Sponsored by Active Hotels
Winner: Nihiwatu Resort, Indonesia
Selected for its exceptional relationship with the local community.
Highly commended:
Winner: Nihiwatu Resort, Indonesia
Selected for its exceptional relationship with the local community.
Highly commended:
- Bird Island, Seychelles
- The Boat Landing Guesthouse, Laos
Best Mode of Transport or Initiative
Sponsored by Rough Guides
Winner: Sustrans
Sustrans has been very successful in getting people out of their cars and in reducing CO2 emissions. It’s national Cycle Network reached 10,000 miles in September 2005.
Highly commended:
Winner: Sustrans
Sustrans has been very successful in getting people out of their cars and in reducing CO2 emissions. It’s national Cycle Network reached 10,000 miles in September 2005.
Highly commended:
- The National Trust Greenway Garden
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Best in a Mountain Environment
Winner: Guerba
Recognised for their employment of local guides, and their porter protection policies in Kilimanjaro and the Inca Trail.
Highly commended:
- Neilson
- The Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador
Best in a Marine Environment
Winner: The Venus Company
A leading beach cafe and shop operator. They have won this category by living up to their mission to be the greenest beach cafe and shop operator in Europe.
Highly commended:
- Ionian Eco Villagers, Zakynthos Greece
Best for Poverty Reduction
Sponsored by Exodus
Winner: Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET)
ASSET has increased the income of poor Gambians by enabling them to become more productively involved in the tourism industry.
Highly commended:
Winner: Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET)
ASSET has increased the income of poor Gambians by enabling them to become more productively involved in the tourism industry.
Highly commended:
- Koiyaki Guiding School & Wilderness Camp, Kenya
- Tourism in Ethiopia for Sustainable Future Alternatives.
Best in a Protected Area/National Park
Sponsored by Airport Parking & Hotels
Winner: Basecamp Mara, Kenya
Selected for its contribution to conservation and local communities, but in particular for the Maasai arts and crafts project empowering disadvantaged local Masai women to produce and sell traditional designs and materials
Highly commended:
Winner: Basecamp Mara, Kenya
Selected for its contribution to conservation and local communities, but in particular for the Maasai arts and crafts project empowering disadvantaged local Masai women to produce and sell traditional designs and materials
Highly commended:
- South Hams District Council for Life into Landscape
- The Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership
Best for Conservation of Endangered Species
Sponsored by Peregrine Adventures
Winner: Discovery Initiatives
A UK based tour operator who have actively used ecotourism to fund and support conservation worldwide.
Highly commended:
Winner: Discovery Initiatives
A UK based tour operator who have actively used ecotourism to fund and support conservation worldwide.
Highly commended:
- The Snow Leopard Conservancy
- Himalayan Homestays
Best use of Technology
Winner: The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
CAT won for their commitment to 'inspire, inform and enable' people to live more sustainably.
Highly commended:
- 3 Rivers Ecolodge, Dominica
- Greenwood Forest Park (Green Dragon rollercoaster)
Best Volunteering Programme
Dponsored by The Imaginative Traveler
Winner: Rural Organisation for Social Elevation (ROSE)
ROSE have enhanced the health, education and quality of life for the rural poor in India by means of their volunteer based tourism programme.
Highly commended:
Winner: Rural Organisation for Social Elevation (ROSE)
ROSE have enhanced the health, education and quality of life for the rural poor in India by means of their volunteer based tourism programme.
Highly commended:
- Azafady
Best personal contribution
Dponsored by Expert Africa
Winner: Jo Pope from Robin Pope Safaris in Zambia
Jo has worked tirelessly to promote responsible tourism in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, in particular to support the local community and Kawaza village.
Winner: Jo Pope from Robin Pope Safaris in Zambia
Jo has worked tirelessly to promote responsible tourism in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, in particular to support the local community and Kawaza village.
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Winners by category
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