2016 2016 Sustainable Destinations Top 100 At the occasion of World Tourism Day and Global Green Destinations Day, 27-28 September 2016, the Sustainable Destinations Top 100 is launched for the second time to celebrate the efforts of tourism destinations for responsible and sustainable tourism. The list is the result of open calls in newswires and the social media. Everybody could nominate destinations through a form that was available online. Nominators had to provide extensive information on the destination and on its efforts for sustainability. Information had to be provided about the extent the destination complies with the15 core criteria of the Green Destinations Standard (table). Over 150 nominations were received. All nominations were evaluated by experts of the Green Destinations Top 100 Team and by members of the special Top 100 Selection Panel, that included sixty tourism sustainability experts. The Top 100 initiative aims to recognise tourism destinations that have worked hard to make a difference and take sustainability seriously. Nevertheless, no destination is sustainable for the full 100%. Also in the selected destinations important issues remain to be solved. Carbon emission of travel could not be taken into account in this competition. However, Green Destinations recommends travellers to avoid long haul travels and to compensate their carbon emission. The Top 100 selection can be found in: www.greendestinations.info. More info: [email protected] 27 September 2016 Criteria (titles) used to evaluate destination nominations: • Sustainability coordinator • Cultural heritage conservation • Sustainable tourism policy • Protection of intangible heritage • Nature protection • Protection of people • Respect for animals • Inhabitants involved in tourism • Protection of landscape & scenery • Promoting local products • Waste water treatment • Health & safety prevention • Solid waste reduction • Accessibility for disabled • Reduction of fossil fuel dependency Top 100 Competition Directors: Albert Salman, Green Destinations; Valere Tjolle, Vision for Sustainable Tourism; Jonathan Tourtellot, Destination Stewardship Center; Masaru Takayama, Asian Ecotourism Network; Brian Mullis, Sustainable Travel International; Randy Durband, GSTC, Special Advisor Top 100 Team at Green Destinations: Zainab Turay, Hugo de Jong, Bastien Villaret, Giada Mignolli, Lisa Ragozina, Irene Lamme, Vera Veldhoven, Ieva Zamaraite, Nico den Hollander, Nacho Jauregui. Ljubljana Costa Rica Bhutan 2016 2016 Sustainable Destinations Top 100 ARGENTINA GREECE PHILIPPINES Bariloche Alonnisos, Northern Sporades Lake Holon Tigre INDIA Lake Sebu, South Cotabato AUSTRIA Khangchendzonga National Park Bojo, Aloguinsan, Cebu Werfenweng Parambikulam Tiger Reserve PORTUGAL BHUTAN INDONESIA Oeste (West region) Kingdom of Bhutan Misool, Raja Ampat Azores BOLIVIA Plataran L’Harmonie, West Bali Barat NP Peneda-Gerês National Park Madidi National Park IRELAND Lagos BOTSWANA Clonakilty Cascais Chobe, Makgadikgadi & Okavango Delta ITALY Sintra Selinda Reserve Best of Romagna RWANDA BRAZIL Montepisano in Toscana Volcanoes National Park Ponta de Nossa Senhora Cogne (Valle d’Aosta) SLOVENIA Fernando de Noronha JORDAN Ljubljana CANADA Sharhabil Bin Hassneh Slovenia Green Destinations Niagara River, Falls and Parkway KENYA SOUTH AFRICA Great Bear Rainforest Loisaba Conservancy Cape Town Dehcho-Akaitcho regions, Mackenzie Mara Naboisho Conservancy Grootbos Private Nature Reserve Valley KOREA SPAIN Mackenzie Delta - Beaufort Sea, NWT/YT Dongbaekdongsan Atlantic Islands of Galicia NP COSTA RICA Suncheon Bay Wetland Terres de l’Ebre Costa Rica including the Osa Peninsula LATVIA Baiona, Galicia CHILE Jūrmala Noja Isla Grande de Chiloe MALTA SWEDEN Curacavi Gozo - Comino Sigtuna Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve NETHERLANDS Åre Huilo Huilo Ameland TAIJIKISTAN CHINA Noordwijk Pamir Mountains Yi Xian (Yi County), Anhui Province Katwijk - Wassenaar TAIWAN Mt. Huangshan Westvoorne - Hoek v Holland Northeast and Yilan Coast Jiuzhaigoiu Scenic Area Goeree-Overflakkee Cihalaay Cultural Landscape Area Sanqingshan World Heritage Site Schouwen-Duiveland TANZANIA COLOMBIA Veere Chumbe Island (Zanzibar) Otun Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Zuid-Limburg THAILAND Sanctuary NETHERLANDS - CARIBBEAN Tung Dap Village CROATIA Bonaire TIMOR LESTE Delnice Saba - St. Eustatius Atauro Island Town of Drniš MEXICO UNITED KINGDOM Town of Mali Lošinj Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve The Broads National Park, England Gorski kotar NIGERIA Comrie, Scotland Island Krk Cross River State County Down, Northern Ireland Pula NORWAY Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland CYPRUS Svalbard UNITED STATES Paphos district Geilo Jackson Hole & Yellowstone FRANCE Sognefjord Desert View Grand Canyon NP Bretagne REPUBLIC OF PALAU Vermont GERMANY Republic of Palau URUGUAY Norderney & Juist Punta del Este Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve Uckermark For more information: http://greendestinations.info.