Seychelles Islands

Contributor	DiegoNunez
Country	Seychelles
Keywords	Africa Sustainable destination strategy Wildlife protection
Release date	01/03/2015
Topics	Certification & Marketing
GSTC Criteria for Destinations	A1 Destination management responsibility D.3. Wildlife protection
Type	(Best Practice Destination)

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Good Practice Innovation Sheet
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Items	Description
1. WHO
Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners)	MS SHERIN NAIKEN
	SEYCHELLES TOURISM BOARD
	HOTELS , DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANIES , AIR LINE COMPANIES
Key Figures	Surface	Inhabitants	Tourism arrivals	Tourism nights
	455	91,000	230,272 (2013)	10.2 AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (2013)
2. WHY
Reason for taking the good practice action	Preserving one of our unique selling point which is a pristine environment and promoting quality and sustainable tourism
Issues and challenge
3. HOW
Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice)	*Actions for innovation:* Focus on the eco label enticing the hotels to register as a member of the Seychelles sustainable tourism label by encouraging them to implement sustainable practices like water and energy conservation, waste management, adopting areas of high biodiversity importance and other sustainable practices e.g involvement in turtle conservation through monitoring as well
4. RESULT
Specific/measurable results, benefits	Countrywide awareness on the important of sustainable and responsible tourism in Seychelles, ranging from school children , NGO’s , government agencies, media, community involvement, hotels, and other tourism businesses.
Recognitions (e.g. awards)	Lonely Planet one for Best Destination lin 2013 The Best Publicity Award in KOTFA 2014. Seychelles certificate of Excellence Winners 111 Hotels Ramsar sites (are some sort of a recognition ) Vallee -De -Mai and Aldabra: Two World Heritage sites highly and internationally recognized can also be considered. Recognition for rainwater harvesting by United Nations Framework for Climate Change Seychelles was also among the 10 finalists worldwide for Commonwealth Education Good Practices
5. REFLECTION
Lessons learned
Challenges met
Critical success factors
6. MORE
web-references, documents

ü Lonely Planet one for Best Destination lin 2013

ü The Best Publicity Award in KOTFA 2014.

ü Seychelles certificate of Excellence Winners 111 Hotels

ü Ramsar sites (are some sort of a recognition )

ü Vallee -De -Mai and Aldabra: Two World Heritage sites highly and internationally recognized can also be considered.

ü Recognition for rainwater harvesting by United Nations Framework for Climate Change Seychelles was also among the 10 finalists worldwide for Commonwealth Education Good Practices