Ua lanakila ka pae moku o ka moana ʻĀina i ka makana ʻo GIST Green Travel Award no kāna kūlana maikaʻi i ka Sustainable and Responsible Tourism in the Trade and Consumer Fair BIT 2022 i mālama ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi, ʻApelila 11, 2022, ma Milan.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kekahi o nā Pūʻulu Paʻi Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Italia, ʻike ka makana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka huakaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i kona nani maoli a me ka hoʻomau. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo GIST Ka Pae Moku ʻo Sekele no na kia 5 e pili ana i ka hoomau, oia hoi, hoemi, hoohana hou, hana hou; pale i nā holoholona hihiu (nā mea ulu a me nā holoholona); e hoemi i ka inu wai; mālama i ka ikehu; mālama kūloko a me ke kālepa kaulike.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana i makemake nui ʻia i kēia makahiki iā Seychelles ma lalo o ka ʻāpana "Honorable Mention Decade of the Sea". Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Decade of Marine Science for Sustainable Development e nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa mai 2021 a 2030 a hāpai ʻia e IOC-UNESCO e hoʻoneʻe i ke kaiāulu ʻepekema, nā aupuni, ka hui pilikino, a me nā hui kīwila e pili ana i kahi papahana maʻamau o ka noiʻi a me ka ʻenehana hou.
Manaʻo e pili ana i ka makana Marketing Representative o ʻO Seychelles Huakaʻi ma Italia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Danielle Di Gianvito, "Hoʻohanohano mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia makana i makemake nui ʻia a haʻaheo i ka ʻike ʻana ua mahalo ʻia nā hana a me nā hana a pau i hoʻokō ʻia ma Seychelles ma ke ʻano he kūpaʻa mau e mālama i ke kaiapuni mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa."
Ua hana ʻo Seychelles i inoa nona iho no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i kāna kaiaola palupalu a kū hoʻokahi a me kāna moʻomeheu, ma o ka Seychelles Sustainable Development Strategy.
Mālama kēia kulekele hoʻomohala eco-sustainable i nā mea olaola a hui pū ʻia me kahi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻomalu ʻia e pale aku i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka kaiaola, e pale aku i ka lehulehu a pāpā i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hōkele hou ma mua o nā mea i ʻae ʻia.
Ma o nā hana i hana ʻia ma kēia kihi o ka paradaiso, ʻo Seychelles kekahi o nā 25 Biodiversity Hotspots a puni ka honua: 43% o kona ʻāina he Nature Reserve a i ʻole National Park, kahi ʻano o nā mea kanu like ʻole a me nā holoholona e pili ana i 1000 mau ʻano endemic. 2 Nā kahua o UNESCO a me kahi koho nui o nā hana kaiaola e like me ka nānā manu, ka luʻu, ka snorkeling, a me ka hele wāwae.
Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ʻo Seychelles i ka pāpā ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā hua soty tern, kekahi o nā hana i hoʻokō ʻia e ka Ministry of Environment e hōʻoia i ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka heluna kanaka o ke kai o Seychelles.
Ua ʻike pū ka lāhui Creole i ka lanakila hou ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka hula kuʻuna "moutya" ma o kona ʻike ʻia ʻana ʻo Cultural Heritage e UNESCO.
Eia kekahi, ʻo Seychelles ka ʻāina mua o ka honua i hoʻokomo i ke kumu o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni i kāna Kumukānāwai. Hoʻomaopopo ke aupuni kūloko i ka hilinaʻi ʻana o nā kaiāulu kūloko i nā kaiaola ola olakino a me ka holomua, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau e kōkua i kēia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mrs. Bernadette Willemin ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui no ka Hoʻolaha Kūʻai Kūʻai ma Tourism Seychelles, ʻo ka makana ʻo GIST Green Travel Award he mea paipai i nā hoa hana e mālama i kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou mau mokupuni nani.
"Haʻaheo mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻike hou ʻia ʻo Seychelles no kāna hana i ka hoʻomau. Ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi e hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kuleana me ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mau hana hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou mau mokupuni i kahi kūlana maʻemaʻe," wahi a Mrs. Willemin.
I kēia manawa ʻumi, manaʻo ka Awards e uku i ka poʻe a pau o ka honua o ka mākaʻikaʻi i hāʻawi iā lākou iho i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā lawelawe a hāpai i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me ke kuleana.
ʻO nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokūkū: Best Green Accommodation Italy, Best Green Accommodation Abroad, Best Green Family Eco-Hotel, Best Bio Spa, Best Green Tour Operator and Tourism Associations.
E noʻonoʻo nā hoʻoholo āpau i nā alakaʻi o ka "European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Commenting on the award Marketing Representative of Tourism Seychelles in Italy, Danielle Di Gianvito stated, “We are honored to receive this coveted award and proud to see that all the efforts and practices implemented in Seychelles are appreciated and recognized as an ongoing commitment to safeguard the environment from all over the world.
- 43% of its territory is a Nature Reserve or National Park, a presence of diverse a unique flora and fauna including approximately 1000 endemic species, 2 UNESCO sites and a wide choice of eco-tourism activities such as bird watching, diving, snorkeling, and trekking.
- The Decade of Marine Sciences for Sustainable Development was established by the United Nations from 2021 to 2030 and promoted by IOC-UNESCO to mobilize the scientific community, governments, the private sector, and civil society around a common agenda of research and technological innovation.
