Eco-Accommodation - International - November 2007

INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
WHAT IS ECO-ACCOMMODATION?
 DEFINITIONS
 PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES
THE ECO-ACCOMMODATION MARKET
 SOUTH AFRICA’S RESILIENCE
 OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS IN ECOTOURISM
Australia
Costa Rica
Figure 1: Costa Rica tourism income from international arrivals, 2000-06
Figure 2: Projected growth of tourism in Costa Rica’s travel and tourism economy, 2007-17
Sabah, Malaysia
Figure 3: Visitor arrivals in Sabah, Jan-July 2006 & 2007
Tanzania
Figure 4: Visitor arrivals in Tanzania, 1995-2006
Figure 5: Annual occupancy rate at Chumbe Island Coral Park, 1998-2006
 DRIVING FACTORS
 THE ECOTOURIST
Industry comment: interview with Antonis B Petropoulos, director, Ecoclub SA
MARKETING ECO-ACCOMMODATION
Figure 6: How visitors heard about Chumbe, 2006-07
 CONSTITUENCY BUILDING
The Greenbox
Eco-accommodation marketing agencies that build constituencies
Ecoclub SA
Responsible Travel
 THE ‘BOY SCOUT’ EFFECT
Eco-accreditation schemes for accommodation providers: overview and purpose
The Certification in Sustainable Tourism (CST) programme
Ecotourism Kenya
EU Eco-label
International Ecotourism Standard – Green Globe 21 and Ecotourism Australia
Other useful accreditation
Awards
Responsible Tourism Awards
Tourism for Tomorrow – WTTC
The World Travel Awards (WTA)
ECO-ACCOMMODATION TYPOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY
 CATEGORIES OF ECO-ACCOMMODATION
 TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES
Water
Energy
Building materials
Solid waste
KEY ECO-ACCOMMODATION MARKET PLAYERS
 ECO-ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES
The Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts
Cayuga Hospitality
Conservation Corporation Africa (CC Africa)
Wilderness Safaris
 DESIGNERS AND PROVIDERS OF TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
EDSA
Hitesh Mehta, HM Design
CASE STUDIES OF ECO-ACCOMMODATION
 THE BLACK SHEEP INN, ECUADOR
Community and education
Zero waste – reduce, re-use and recycle
Water supply and waste water
Energy conservation
Figure 7: Projected electricity consumption savings, 2005-06
Figure 8: Total cost of new energy efficient electrical system, 2005-06
Industry comment: interview with Andres Hammerman, co-owner, The Black Sheep Inn
 CHUMBE ISLAND CORAL PARK, ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA
Accommodation technological features
Industry comment: interview with Sibylle Riedmiller, owner and project director, Chumbe Island Coral Park
WHAT NEXT?
 CREDIBILITY ISSUES
 THE FUTURE MARKET
Figure 9: Ecotourists per age bracket versus total tourists, 2002*
 EMERGING DESTINATIONS
Algeria
Brazil
China
The Gambia
India
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Venezuela