Tourism Alliance and Catalyze PSD recognize 20 Sustainability Champions

The Tourism Alliance in collaboration with USAID Catalyze recently felicitated 20 Sustainability Champions at a ceremony in Colombo. The Love Sri Lanka Sustainability Program is designed to support individual tourism businesses in their sustainability journey.

By promoting sustainable practices, the program aims to help businesses reduce their environmental impact, improve the well-being of local communities, and create a more resilient and sustainable economy.

The Tourism Alliance developed “Top 10 Sustainable Principles” to encourage tourism businesses in their role in climate action, preservation of biodiversity, recycling, zero plastics, renewable energy solutions, inclusivity and diversity, industry collaboration, supply chain solutions, community development, preservation and celebration of culture, and monitoring and evaluation. These principles were created in collaboration with leading local and international experts to provide local SME tourism businesses with short-term and long-term targets and solutions for their businesses, to help them become more sustainable.

The 20 Champions are Amba Estate, Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle, Authenticities Sri Lanka, Ceylon Leisure, Cinnamon Hotels, DivinGuru, East & West, Flameback Eco lodge, Handun Villas, Hulimiroo (Pvt) Ltd, Jetwing Kaduruketha, Jungle Beach Ahungalla, Heritance Kandalama, Karpaha Sands, Olalalanka (Pvt) Ltd, Riviera Eastern Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Srimal Plantation Villa, Uga – Ulagalla, Wild Coast Tented Lodge Yala and Wind resort Kalpitiya.