Tourism
Enrico Strampelli, Head of Development
Cooperation Delegation of the European
Union to the Philippines delivers welcome
remarks during the ZCR for Sustainable
Tourism Conference and ANAHAW
Awarding Ceremony: "A Journey towards
Sustainable Tourism" at the AG New
World Manila Hotel, August 31.
T
he Department of Tourism (DOT), in close collaboration
with Austria-based research and development
organization, Center for Appropriate Technology,
identified twenty-seven (27) hotels and resorts as
awardees for this year’s ANAHAW Philippine
Sustainable Tourism Certification.
ANAHAW - the Philippine Sustainable Tourism
Certification is developed by the Department of Tourism
and GRaT Center for Appropriate Technology through the Zero Carbon
Resorts (ZCR) Project funded by the European Union under the Switch
Asia Program. ZCR aims to reduce the carbon emission of hotels & resorts
following the 3R principles - Reduce, Replace and Redesign. This project
was started by the DOT's Office of Tourism Standards and Regulation in
2011 with a series of trainings and seminars on green technologies and
focus group discussions with industry stakeholders.
Tourism Chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat recently challenged industry
stakeholders to practice sustainable tourism and demanded for long-
term adherence to responsible production and consumption of resources.
"In the DOT, we see the need to inspire, collaborate, educate and
habitualize our efforts on this advocacy, no matter how daunting. By
inspiring, we engage consumers to embrace the role as responsible
DOT awards
green hotels,
resorts
DOT Director for Tourism
Standards and Regulation Danilo
B. Intong recounts the milestones
achieved by GrAT's Zero Carbon
Resorts for Sustainable Tourism
project and highlights the
economic reforms of tourism
establishments after the
adaptation of sustainable
practices.
tourists. By collaborating, we enjoin experts, partners and volunteers to
advance our advocacy. By educating, we help people become informed
about our sustainable tourism and by habitualizing, we create doable
ways for consumers to get into the habit of practicing sustainable
tourism," said DOT Undersecretary for Tourism Regulation, Coordination
and Resource Generation Arturo Boncato, Jr. as he represented Puyat in
the opening ceremonies.
Undersecretary Boncato likewise stressed the importance of focusing
on the best interests of the environment, tourists, industry stakeholders,
and host communities, and also the possible environmental, social, and
Undersecretary Arturo Boncato
Jr. shares the Department of
Tourism's efforts in creating a
culture of sustainable tourism in
the country, and developing an
ecosystem of responsible
tourists and destinations in
partnership with the Center
for Appropriate Technology,
through the Zero Carbon
Resorts and the ANAHAW
Awards
Dr. Robert Wimmer, Managing Director of GrAT - Center for Appropriate
Technology, discusses the achievements of Zero Carbon Resorts(ZCR)
in the Philippines and Thailand
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