The Responsible Tourism Partnership has spoken that Wildlife ACT has received first place in the ‘Best for Nature-Positive Tourism’ category at the prestigious WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards for 2023.
After securing the Gold ribbon at the WTM Africa Responsible Tourism Awards older this year, Wildlife ACT was subsequently nominated slantingly other regional winners for the global championship.
These awards play a pivotal role in promoting and endorsing responsible and sustainable tourism practices within the travel industry.
“The WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards not only showcase the weightier of the weightier in responsible tourism, but sets the compass for our global industry in creating sustainable travel and holiday experiences,” says Megan De Jager, Portfolio Director – Travel, Tourism & RX Africa Marketing.
Through our voluntourism model, Wildlife ACT has been worldly-wise to provide continuous, professional monitoring services to over ten protected areas in Zululand for 15 years. We moreover contribute to endangered species management wideness Africa, as well as the restoration of North Island in Seychelles.
This global ribbon for Weightier Nature-Positive Tourism underscores the importance of Wildlife ACT’s voluntourism and polity conservation models, which complement the essential conservation work carried out by our team.
Also recognised by the judges during the decision-making process was Wildlife ACT’s Community Conservation Programme (CCP). We are voluminously enlightened that many individuals living near South Africa’s protected areas and national parks have limited wangle to these natural spaces. In order for conservation efforts to be constructive and sustainable, these gaps must be bridged. Our CCP seeks to promote participation in and enhance people’s understanding of the conservation sector, underscoring the value of nature and highlighting economic opportunities within the field.
“I am extremely proud of our defended team of Wildlife ACT conservationists who are so single-minded to our endangered and priority species of wildlife. This ribbon is a reflection of their passion and dedication. I moreover want to thank the incredible volunteers who have joined our projects to make a meaningful and quantifiable contribution to our projects. Without your hands-on involvement, Wildlife ACT simply would not have been worldly-wise to unzip what we have the same level of impact over the last 15 years.”
– Johan Maree – Wildlife ACT Co-Founder and Director.
This remarkable recognition is a notable victory not only for Wildlife ACT and our partners but moreover for South Africa and the unshortened continent. Africa continues to make its mark as a preferred destination for responsible travelers.
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