Meaningful Tourism Awards 2022
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A total of 18 Award winners and 7 Honourable Mentions for Best Practice Examples of a positive future for tourism were honored during ITB Asia held in Singapore on 20 October , 2022.
The second day of the ITB ASIA 2022, the biggest tourism fair in Asia, began with the announcement of the Meaningful Tourism Award 2022 winners during a panel discussion about the new paradigm for the development of hospitality and tourism.
The discussion was supported by visitBerlin and included three representatives of award-winning companies and organisations from destinations as diverse as Antarctica and Papua New Guinea.
The diversity of stakeholders continues: from organisations who provide services to Muslim visitors to research focusing on the healing power of travelling for mentally handicapped persons, to host communities empowering formerly homeless persons to become city guides.
The CEO of the Meaningful Tourism Center, the organiser of the Award, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt said that the companies and organisations selected can consider themselves as being among the avant-garde of tomorrow’s tourism development.
The Meaningful Tourism Award 2022 was given in Gold, Silver and Bronze according to the six categories which present the main stakeholders, namely Travellers, Host Communities, Employees, Companies and Organisations, Governments and the Environment.
The Meaningful Tourism Center is based in Hamburg with several regional representations and offers trainings, publications and workshops for private and public organisations . (20 October 2022 )
