RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARD

This category closes for entries on Friday 2nd September at 23:59.

Responsible Tourism focuses on a collaborative approach for re-building and growing the value of tourism, in a way that makes better places for people to live and visit, in every corner of Scotland. Responsible Tourism maximises the positive benefits and minimises the negative impact of tourism for everyone.

It’s not just about reducing our carbon footprint. It’s also about making sure our industry is inclusive, has a positive impact on communities and supports our heritage.

In line with the Outlook 2030 strategy’s ambition for sustainable and responsible growth, it is important that the tourism and events industry in Scotland continues to develop in a responsible way. VisitScotland’s approach to developing Scotland as a Responsible Destination focuses on four key objectives:

Supporting Scotland’s transition to a low carbon economy
Ensuring tourism and events in Scotland are inclusive
Ensuring tourism and events contribute to thriving communities
Supporting the protection and considerate enjoyment of Scotland’s natural and cultural heritage

This award celebrates businesses and events, which have made demonstrable progress embedding Responsible Tourism values into their core activity, across the four key objectives outlined above. We understand that many businesses and events will be in the early stages of implementing Responsible Tourism practices and, therefore, the level of detail provided in some of your answers may vary. So while your business or event may be excellent at sustainability, you may not have so much to say about inclusive tourism or community engagement at this stage. That’s okay, we still want you to apply! Equally, if you can demonstrate that you are truly inclusive or work closely with your community, but have not yet implemented many measures to tackle climate change but have a plan to do so that is acceptable. Do give as much information as you can on the work you are doing. We are focused on a responsible recovery and are keen to hear about any aspect of your responsible business or event, why these objectives are important to you and how you are amplifying the responsible message.

For more information on Responsible Tourism and the potential activity under each objective, please see the Thistle Awards Responsible Tourism support guide.

Who Should Enter:
Businesses and events which have demonstrable progress embedding Responsible Tourism values into their core activity, across any aspect of their activity.

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