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The Sunderbans Jungle Camp was chosen as a  finalist of this years “Responsible Tourism Awards” in the category “Community-Based to Homestay Operators”.  In an eight weeks long selection process with back-to-back site visits and comprehensive reporting, Wild Asia screened entries from five Asian countries for the prestigious award:

“The Annual Responsible Tourism Awards, are the first pan-Asian award for excellence in responsible tourism. We believe that sustainable destinations can be made a reality by creating rewards, promoting knowledge sharing and inspiring change from within the travel industry.

Now in its fourth year, the Awards are aligned to the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria and we hope to encourage more operators from the region to step forward and share their best practices. Why are sustainable destinations important? For the simple, yet poignant, reason that there will be no travel business in Asia without sustainable destinations.”

During the on-site visit the review team made beautiful videos about the projects and – voila – here is the Sunderbans.

Wild Asia is a Malaysian-based social enterprise working to support environmental and social initiatives in Asia. We have been online since 1998. We have grown over the years but our focus has stayed the same – innovating and working to solve the problems that impact on our wild places. We have been part of a growing force in Asia to increase awareness and appreciation for the environment, and communicating the importance of conservation, not only of the natural wild places of Asia, but also of those communities and livelihoods that are dependent upon it.

Tags: Awards, Sunderbans

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