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Coordinator of the Azores DMO takes stock of the first two years of the certification

Carolina Mendonça, Coordinator of the Tourism Destination Sustainability Structure – Azores DMO takes stock of the first two years of the certification of the Azores as a sustainable tourist destination and states that the Region is working to achieve Level II of the Silver Certification, reaching the Gold Certification in 2024. AO. Two years after …

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Azores aim to achieve gold as a Sustainable Tourist Destination

The Azores want to raise sustainability standards and achieve, in 2024, the certification of gold as a sustainable tourist destination, said the Regional Secretary for Transport, Tourism and Energy, Mário Mota Borges. In 2019, the Azores were the first region in the country certified as a sustainable tourist destination, a distinction awarded with the “silver” …

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Azores distinguished in international environmental quality award for sustainable tourism

The Azores were elected in 2021 as a Platinum “Coast of Quality” Destination, an international award that distinguishes coastal environmental quality for sustainable tourism. In the criteria defined by the Green Destinations, the Azores achieved a level of compliance of 97.8% of the sustainability indicators: Destination Management; Nature and Landscape; Environment and Climate; Culture and …

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Azores awards environmental excellence in tourist accommodation

The Regional Secretary for Environment and Climate Change took advantage of the World Environment Day to present the Miosotis Azores awards. This is an award to recognize environmental excellence in tourist accomodation. Alonso Miguel highlighted the importance of this award and the effort made to ensure good practices from the point of view of environmental …

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Azores can achieve the Gold certification in three years as a sustainable tourist destination

The Regional Director of Tourism, Rosa Costa, announced that the Azores are already working on the second-year validation of the silver certification of sustainable tourism destination by EarthCheck, believing that the Region can “achieve Gold Certification within three years”. In December 2019 the Azores achieved the sustainable tourist destination certification by Earth Check, according to …

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Government of the Azores celebrates World Earth Day with awareness raising in all their schools.

Azores celebrated World Earth Day with an environmental awareness campaign, in an ‘online’ format, covering all schools in the Azores, from the Primary education to Secondary Education. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with the …

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Government of the Azores celebrates World Earth Day with awareness raising in all their schools.

Azores celebrated World Earth Day with an environmental awareness campaign, in an ‘online’ format, covering all schools in the Azores, from the Primary education to Secondary Education. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with the …

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Azores celebrated World Earth Day with the planting of trees on all their islands

On Thursday, April 22, the Azores celebrated World Earth Day with a large-scale plantation of endemic species, which took place on all the islands, at the same time. This was an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for Transport, Tourism and Energy, through the Management Structure of the Sustainable Tourist Destination, Azores DMO, in partnership with …