The Bungwe la Caribbean Tourism (CTO) yazindikira mabungwe asanu ndi atatu okopa alendo ochokera kumayiko omwe ali mamembala a CTO ndi mphotho zake zapamwamba potsatira mfundo zokhazikika zokopa alendo. Mphothozo zidaperekedwa pa 29 Ogasiti pakutseka kwa CTO Msonkhano waku Caribbean pa Kupititsa patsogolo Ntchito Zokopa alendo ku St. Vincent ndi Grenadines.
Kutsatira kuweruza mosamalitsa kochitidwa ndi gulu lolemekezeka la oweruza, m'magawo osiyanasiyana otukula zokopa alendo ndi maphunziro ena okhudzana nawo, opambana pa mphotho zisanu ndi zitatu adasankhidwa mwa 38 omwe adalembetsa ndipo ndi awa:
• Kuchita bwino kwambiri mu Mphotho ya Sustainable Tourism imazindikira chinthu kapena ntchito yomwe imathandizira kuti pakhale moyo wabwino komwe mukupitako ndipo imapereka mwayi wapadera wa alendo. Wopambana: True Blue Bay Boutique Resort ku Grenada.
• Destination Stewardship Award imalemekeza malo omwe ali membala wa CTO omwe akupita patsogolo kwambiri pakuwongolera zokopa alendo pamlingo wa komwe akupita. Wopambana: Guyana Tourism Authority.
• Nature Conservation Award ikuyamika gulu lirilonse, bungwe, bizinesi yokopa alendo kapena zokopa zomwe zikugwira ntchito yoteteza zachilengedwe ndi/kapena zam'madzi. Wopambana: Kido Foundation ku Carriacou, Grenada.
• Culture and Heritage Protection Award imalemekeza bungwe la zokopa alendo kapena ntchito yomwe ikuthandizira kwambiri kuteteza ndi kulimbikitsa cholowa. Wopambana: Komiti ya Maroon ndi Stringband Music Festival ku Carriacou, Grenada.
• Mphotho ya Sustainable Accommodation imazindikira malo ang'onoang'ono kapena apakatikati (zosakwana zipinda za 400) malo ogona alendo. Wopambana: Karanmabu Lodge, Guyana
• Mphotho ya Agro-Tourism imazindikira bizinesi yomwe imapereka malonda okopa alendo omwe amaphatikiza zinthu zazakudya/zaulimi, zophikira komanso zokumana nazo alendo. Wopambana: Copal Tree Lodge, Belize
• Community Benefit Award imalemekeza bungwe lomwe limayang'anira ntchito zokopa alendo kuti lipindule kwanthawi yayitali komwe mukupita, anthu amderali komanso alendo. Wopambana: Jus' Sail, Saint Lucia
• Tourism Social Enterprise, mphotho yapadera yozindikira zomwe munthu kapena gulu/bungwe lachita pofuna kuthana ndi mavuto a anthu pogwiritsa ntchito malingaliro otukuka okopa alendo. Wopambana: Richmond Vale Academy, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Othandizira a Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards akuphatikizapo: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Barbados; International Institute of Tourism Studies, yunivesite ya George Washington; Massy Stores, St. Vincent ndi Grenadines; The Mustique Company Ltd., St. Vincent ndi Grenadines; National Properties Ltd., St. Vincent ndi Grenadines; ndi bungwe la Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission.
"CTO ndiyosangalala kuzindikira ndi kulimbikitsa njira zoyendetsera upainiya zomwe zikuchitika m'maiko omwe ali mamembala ake. Ogwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo pagulu komanso wabizinesi akupitilizabe kuwonetsa chidwi komanso kudzipereka pakupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti derali likhale lotsogola padziko lonse lapansi pakuyenda bwino komanso zokopa alendo, "atero a Amanda Charles, katswiri wazokopa alendo wokhazikika wa CTO.
Msonkhano wa ku Caribbean wokhudza Sustainable Tourism Development, womwe umatchedwa Sustainable Tourism Conference (#STC2019), unakonzedwa ndi CTO mogwirizana ndi St. Vincent ndi Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) ndipo unachitika 26-29 Aug. 2019 pa Beachcombers Hotel ku St. Vincent ndi Grenadines.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines analandira #STC2019 mkati mwa chilimbikitso champhamvu cha dziko lofuna malo obiriwira, othana ndi nyengo, kuphatikizapo kumanga malo opangira kutentha kwa kutentha ku St. Lagoon ku Union Island.
