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October 20, 2022

We won an Award!

Meaningful Tourism Award 2022 given to Fundación Panameña de Turismo Sostenible (APTSO).

We are proud to announce that the jury of the Meaningful Tourism Award 2022 has chosen APTSO as a Bronze Award winner in the category  of Organisations/Governments.

The names of the 18 Award winners were revealed during the Meaningful Tourism Panel at the ITB ASIA in Singapore.

The CEO of the Meaningful Tourism Center, the organizer of the Award, Prof. Dr. Arlt stated: “We are delighted to see how many stakeholders around the world have started to create new approaches to tourism. Neither to see the customer as king nor to concentrate on short-term profit and not treating environmental issues as the only concern will create a positive future for the industry. The task is not to ‘balance’ the different stakeholders’ interests, but to align them in a way that benefits and satisfies the interests of all stakeholders. The companies and organizations selected can consider themselves as being among the avant-garde of tomorrow’s tourism development.”

This was the first edition of the Meaningful Tourism Award, which will in the future be organised annually.  The Meaningful Tourism Center is based in Hamburg with several regional representations and offers trainings, publications and workshops for private and public organizations which see the need to move forward to a Meaningful Tourism.

This award is for Panama and for all the participants of the Panama Alliance for Community Tourism (PACTO):  the Panamanian Authority of Tourism, Fundación Natura, GEF/UNDP, our board,  our partners, and the 10 participant communities for inspiring us, states Annie Young, President of APTSO.