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Three tourism establishments – Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino, Hanneman Holiday Residence and Ephelia Resort – have been re-certified with the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL).

The general managers of the three establishments received their re-certification certificate by the Minister for Tourism and Culture Alain St Ange in a ceremony yesterday afternoon at the ministry’s conference room at Espace building.

Also present were the principal secretary for tourism Anne Lafortune and the director for certification and standards Sinha Levkovic.
The three establishments were certified in 2012 after accumulating the required 60 points. They were re-assessed in 2014 and as they scored the 10 extra points required by SSTL, this qualified them for re-certification.

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The Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture has pledged to spread the message to the world, “Seychelles has a label that promotes sustainable tourism.”

Alain St.Ange, Minister for Tourism and Culture, made this pledge to three tourism establishments re-certified with the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL).

Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort, Constance Ephelia Resort, and Hanneman Holiday Residence, initially certified in 2012 with the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label, after having accumulated the minimum 60 points, have now been re-certified with the label.

After two years of certifying tourism establishments, the tourism establishments were re-assessed in 2014. Hotels which scored 10 extra points were re-certified with the label.

It was Minister St.Ange who was given the honor of presenting the three tourism establishments with their labels.

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Contributed by Sustainability for Seychelles for SHTA newsletter

Anyone who has spent a little time overseas is probably dismayed at the apparent lack of waste sorting and recycling in Seychelles. It is true that we do not have the same recycling services but there are some good reasons for this. We produce a lot of waste per capita, but because our population is tiny, the total amounts have typically not been enough to make export economically viable, with a few exceptions. The costs to ship waste to recycling markets overseas is high, and there is also the carbon footprint of transport and the recycling process to consider.

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The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) has awarded Banyan Tree Seychelles Resort and Kempinski Seychelles Resort with a sustainable tourism certificate each.


This took place at the Grand Seychelles Ball on September 21 at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort and Casino. The Minister for Tourism and Culture, Alain St Ange, presented the awards to representatives of the hotels.

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“Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”

In spite of lingering economic challenges, tourism continues to be one of the world's fastest growing industries as well as a major source of foreign exchange and employment for many developing countries. Increasingly, the tourism industry is also focusing on its role as a steward of the natural environments that are one of its main assets; and as a unique awareness-raising and education tool for travellers and hosts alike.

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Hotel promotes hook & line labelled fish

The Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino is officially the first hotel to promote the hook and line labelled fish.

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Another tourism establishment has received Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) certificate recently. Four Seasons Resort Seychelles was added on the list of tourism establishments that have been SSTL certified and they are today being promoted to the world as being "an environmentally friendly establishment".

The team from the resort, headed by its general manager Adrian Messerli, received the certificate from the Minister for Tourism and Culture Alain St.Ange earlier this week. Also present was the principal secretary for tourism Anne Lafortune.

The SSTL is a sustainable tourism management and certification programme designed specifically for use in Seychelles. It is voluntary, user-friendly, and designed to inspire more efficient and sustainable ways of doing business. The SSTL is presently applicable to hotels of all sizes.

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The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) is for the first time being promoted at the World Travel Market (WTM) with the support of the UNDP GEF. The SSTL is a Sustainable Tourism Management and Certification program designed specifically for use in Seychelles. It is voluntary user-friendly and specifically designed to inspire more efficient and sustainable ways of doing business. The program has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program under the Global Environment Facility (UNDP GEF) and it falls under the UNDP-GEF funded project which is mainstreaming biodiversity in the tourism sector. It is aligned with the GSTC’s Criteria (Global Sustainable Tourism Council) but has been drawn on local knowledge.

The concept behind the development of the Seychelles Tourism Label (SSTL) originated from the former Ministry of Tourism and Transport which is now the new Ministry for Tourism and Culture in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment in the preparation of the Vision 21 which is the former Tourism Strategic Plan and has now been replaced by the Seychelles Tourism Master Plan 2012-2020 whose main objective is promoting Responsible Tourism. The SSTL program is now being implemented and promoted by the Seychelles Tourism Board.

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The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) has awarded its first three certified tourism establishments with their sustainable label certificates on Saturday, 29 September, during the grand annual Seychelles Ball that took place at the Constance Ephelia Resort.

 

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A leading Western Australian tourism expert said other islands can learn valuable lessons in policy and planning for sustainable tourism development from the Republic of Seychelles.

Curtin University Professor of Tourism, Jack Carlsen, has recently returned from the idyllic archipelago he visited, to prepare a case study for a book to be published in collaboration with the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).

“The Seychelles is probably the best example of sustainable island tourism in the world, particularly from an ecological and social perspective,” Professor Carlsen said, “Government and the community have worked together to conserve more than 50 percent of the terrestrial environment, as well as protecting the marine environment upon which the tourism industry depends.”

Professor Carlsen met with the new Minister of Tourism and Culture in the Seychelles, Mr. Alain St.Ange, to discuss his vision for sustainable tourism in the Seychelles. He also gathered information regarding the recently endorsed Tourism Masterplan for the Seychelles, as well as the Sustainable Tourism Label certification program, aimed at encouraging tourism businesses to adopt ecologically-sensitive and socially-responsible practices.

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