The Accountable Tourism Partnership has introduced that Wildlife ACT has acquired first place within the ‘Finest for Nature-Optimistic Tourism’ class on the prestigious WTM World Accountable Tourism Awards for 2023.
After securing the Gold award on the WTM Africa Accountable Tourism Awards earlier this 12 months, Wildlife ACT was subsequently nominated alongside different regional winners for the worldwide championship.
These awards play a pivotal function in selling and endorsing accountable and sustainable tourism practices inside the journey business.
“The WTM World Accountable Tourism Awards not solely showcase the perfect of the perfect in accountable tourism, however units the compass for our international business in creating sustainable journey and vacation experiences,” says Megan De Jager, Portfolio Director – Journey, Tourism & RX Africa Advertising and marketing.
By our voluntourism mannequin, Wildlife ACT has been capable of present steady, skilled monitoring providers to over ten protected areas in Zululand for 15 years. We additionally contribute to endangered species administration throughout Africa, in addition to the restoration of North Island in Seychelles.
This international award for Finest Nature-Optimistic Tourism underscores the significance of Wildlife ACT’s voluntourism and group conservation fashions, which enhance the important conservation work carried out by our crew.
Additionally recognised by the judges through the decision-making course of was Wildlife ACT’s Neighborhood Conservation Programme (CCP). We’re abundantly conscious that many people dwelling close to South Africa’s protected areas and nationwide parks have restricted entry to those pure areas. To ensure that conservation efforts to be efficient and sustainable, these gaps should be bridged. Our CCP seeks to advertise participation in and improve folks’s understanding of the conservation sector, underscoring the worth of nature and highlighting financial alternatives inside the discipline.
“I’m extraordinarily pleased with our devoted crew of Wildlife ACT conservationists who’re so dedicated to our endangered and precedence species of wildlife. This award is a mirrored image of their ardour and dedication. I additionally need to thank the unbelievable volunteers who’ve joined our tasks to make a significant and quantifiable contribution to our tasks. With out your hands-on involvement, Wildlife ACT merely wouldn’t have been capable of obtain what now we have the identical stage of influence during the last 15 years.”
– Johan Maree – Wildlife ACT Co-Founder and Director.
This exceptional recognition is a notable achievement not just for Wildlife ACT and our companions but additionally for South Africa and the whole continent. Africa continues to make its mark as a most well-liked vacation spot for accountable vacationers.
