THE
Association of Independent Tour Operators will be launching its first set of
responsible tourism awards in January.
The
body is introducing the awards in a bid to encourage more operators to look at
their impact on the environment and the destinations they sell.
Chairman
Martin Garland said: “We want to recognise best practice. Many AITO operators
are already undertaking cutting edge environment initiatives and we wanted a
forum to celebrate this.”
For a full report of last weekend’s AITO conference in
Turin, see the
Travel Weekly newspaper on December 3.