GLP Films Partners with Green Destination Story Awards 2021
glp is official storytelling partner for sustainability good practice awards at itb berlin
Green Destinations is proud to announce that all destinations of the 2020 Top 100 list have been competing to see their Good Practice Stories go through to the final Awards event at ITB Berlin. All approaches described in these 100 stories have been considered for one of the five categories of the Green Destination Story Awards - sponsored by ITB Berlin and GLP Films. Important selection criteria are: how innovative the approaches are, how effective they are to solve real problems in tourism sustainability, and to what extent they can be applied elsewhere.
GLP Films (GLP), the award-winning content marketing agency dedicated to global sustainable tourism, is the official storytelling partner for the event. GLP is providing video storytelling consultation and editing services to help the finalists communicate their award-winning sustainability stories.
An additional 6th award, the People’s Choice, will be conferred to the destination receiving the most votes on the Green Destinations voting platform, till the 3rd of March 2021. Find out more about this Award here.
The selection for these awards was conducted by the Green Destinations Story Awards Jury composed of:
Albert Salman – President of the Jury
Rika Jean-François – ITB Berlin
Masaru Takayama – Asian Ecotourism Network
Jonathan B. Tourtellot – Destination Stewardship Center
Rod Hillman – Ecotourism Australia
Glenn Jampol – Global Ecotourism Network
Hugo de Jong – Green Destinations
Naut Kusters – Travelife for Tour Operators
Valere Tjolle – Vision of Sustainable Tourism
Rob Holmes – GLP Films
Mafalda Borea – Sustainable First
Bernard A. Metzger – TravelIndex
Six stories were nominated for each Award category, from which three will be selected as finalists and presented during the awards ceremony where the winners will be announced.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2021 GREEN DESTINATIONS STORY AWARDS - SPONSORED BY ITB BERLIN AND GLP FILMS ARE:
Category Communities & Culture
Azores Islands, Portugal - SustainabilityCharteroftheAzores
Fiskars Village, Finland - Development of an old ironworks village towards becoming a fully sustainable cultural tourism destination
Hiiumaa Island, Estonia - European mink–world natural heritage
Kahuzi Biega National Park, Republic of Congo - No title
Mali Losinj, Croatia - IQM Destination Lošinj
NE Yilan Coast, Taiwan - Tamsui-KavalanCulturalTrailsConnecting Past, Present and Future
ITB Earth Award
Club Paradise Palawan - A SUSTAINABLE PARADISE IN TARANUMAN FARM
Futaleufu, Chile - Futaleufu: A path of sustainability in the Chilean Patagonia.
Miren Kras, Slovenia - DREVOZACERJE–TREEFORCERJE
Saarema, Estonia - I LAND SOUND FESTIVAL: I LAND GREEN
Tartu, Estonia - The Goal of Tartu is to reduce private car use to 20% of all travels by the year 2040
Tibau do Sul / Pipa - Brazil - Ecological Sanctuary of Pipa
Category Nature & Ecotourism
Khoadi Hoas Conservancy, Namibia - HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT: Our pledge to help communities and wildlife
Kocevsko, Slovenia - Bear watching programs as a method of conservation brown bear population in Kočevsko region
Parnu, Estonia - Urbancows
Rolante, Brazil - Rolante Cycling Tourism
Saba, Dutch Caribbean - Saba Reach Foundation - Organoponics Garden
Tivat, Montenegro - Restorative Change Management of the Special Nature Reserve “Tivatska Solila”
Category Islands & Seaside
Lika, Croatia - Local products in function of sustainable destination development
Lord Howe Island, Australia - Restoring Paradise: Predator free Lord Howe Island
Niue Island - Niue–World’sfirstDarkSkyNation
Saba, Dutch Caribbean - Drinking water bottling plant Saba
São Miguel de Gostoso, Brazil - The Community-Based Tourism course
Townsville, Australia - Transforming an Industrial City–One Sustainable Story at a Time
Category COVID and Tourism
Brda, Slovenia - PROMOTION CAMPAIGN: BRDA CHERRY IN EVERY HOME & MAKE YOURSELF YOUR OWN CHERRY FESTIVAL
Breckenbridge, USA - Town of Breckenridge COVID-19 Rapid Response
Ljubljana, Slovenia - Culture on the web
Nijmegen, Netherlands - Good Practice Green Destinations – Monitor bezoekersdrukte
Thompson Okanagan, Canada - BUILDING TOURISM RESILIENCY – In the Face of A Pandemic
Vail, USA - Resilience and Adaptation in the Face of Adversity
Green Destinations: People’s Choice Award
All 100 destinations are eligible for this Award! The winner will be the destination which has collected the most votes through the form on this page.
We encourage all destinations to get the word out about this Award on their social media platforms or websites in order to share their stories and to gather as many votes as possible! The “People’s Choice Award” winner will be announced at the Green Destinations Story Awards online event on 12th March at 2PM CET.
About GLP Films
Founded in 2008, GLP Films (GLP) is the only full-service content marketing agency that specializes in quality storytelling and strategic distribution campaigns dedicated to travel and sustainability. We work with destinations, tour operators, hotels, and travel brands to develop creative solutions focused on delivering the best ROI in consumer and trade content marketing. GLP was voted the three-time winner of the #1 Adventure Travel Film and is a two-time winner of Travel Weekly’s Magellan Award for Best Marketing Video. We have produced over 200 critically acclaimed short films and distribution campaigns for global travel brands and media, including Visit California, Visit Portland (Maine), Tourism Authority of Thailand, Indonesia Tourism Board, Georgia National Tourism Administration, National Geographic, Travel and Leisure, and more. Visit www.glpfilms.com for more information.
About Green Destinations
Green Destinations Foundation is a non-profit organisation for sustainable destination development and recognition, based in the Netherlands. Together with our partners we support more than 200 destinations in 60 countries to deliver responsible tourism based upon globally recognized principles and the Sustainable Development Goals. Visit https://greendestinations.org/ to learn how we work with destinations and countries.
About ITB Berlin
ITB Berlin is the world’s leading travel trade show. Learn more on https://www.itb-berlin.com/.
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