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In the three years of deep cultivation, the Northeast Region of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications and the Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Management Office (hereinafter referred to as the Northeast Corner and Yilan Management Office) won the Silver Award for Green Tourism (Proposal) and the Green Destinations Awards. / Certificaiton) is the most prestigious travel destination certification system in the world. It evaluates whether the destinations for certification are in line with the international sustainable development indicators through the strict and strict 100 criteria. The purpose is to ensure the tourism development of the tourist destination can take into account the six sustainable indicators: First, the sustainable management of tourism; Second, nature and landscape; Third, environment and climate; Fourth, culture and tradition; Fifth, residents and social welfare; 6. Business and tourism services. Among them, the "sustainable management of tourist destinations" is the most important. Travel destination operators must start from the concept and proceed from the "local", comprehensively consolidate the accumulated work results in the past according to international standards, and establish strategies, visions and implementation. The specific plan can be in line with global sustainable thinking.
Chen Meixiu, Director of the Management Office of the Northeast Region and the Yilan Coast National Scenic Area, said that the Management Office has been committed to environmental protection for many years, controlling the impact of tourism development and promoting local characteristics. In 2015, it was selected as the "Old Grass Ridge Bicycle Ring Line". The "Tomorrow Tourism Award", known as the Nobel Prize in the tourism industry. Taking this as an opportunity, the Northeast Region and Yilan Management Office has become attached to the Taiwan Sustainable Tourism Association (STT). With the assistance of STT, it has participated in the selection of Top 100 Green Destinations since 2016. In the first year, it met the 15 criteria and was nominated for finalists. Under the efforts of the Northeast Region and the Yilan Management Office, in 2017, we will further complete the threshold of 30 criteria. In 2018, we will challenge 100 high-level “Green Tourism Destination International Certifications”, which won the Silver International Award and is the only one. Asian representative.
This year's Green Tourism Destinations and Awards Ceremony was held in Nijmegen, the green capital of the Netherlands, in the northeast corner of the Yilan Management Office, Lin Tingyu and the Secretary-General of the Taiwan Everlasting Travel Association, Chen Yingjie, in September of the Netherlands. Representatives attended the award on the 27th and were invited to participate in the Global Leaders Network to build a global green tourism destination mechanism platform with representatives from 20 countries around the world and share the story of sustainable practices in Taiwan.
Chen Meixiu, director of the Northeast Region and Yilan Management Office, who challenges the "International Certification for Green Destinations" program, said that because of the high standards of international sustainable tourism standards, every step of the past three years has not been easy. Fortunately, the northeast corner and the Yilan management office have a good physical condition. On the one hand, the concept of conservation of the partners has a certain level. It is easy to reach a consensus when discussing these issues; the natural and cultural resources of the northeast corner and Yilan are originally Very rich, as long as it is integrated, standardized, and continuously monitored, it can reach international standards. In addition to having someone to consolidate existing resources and communication links, the most difficult thing is how to convert all English and abstract international norms into examples that everyone can understand, and to publicize and explain them over and over again. Can understand, and then work together.
"The most important thing is to internalize. Originally, everyone knows everything about "sustainability". From the beginning of the 15 articles, there are 30 more and 100. This process is to let everyone in the operation. Standards are internalized into their own ideas, not just in competitions." Chen Meixiu said: "When civil servants handle business, they often complete the business, and this work is over. But "permanence" is not like this, it looks short-term There is no specific result, the key point is to continue to do it, the future results will gradually appear, and it is impossible to predict when it will be fruitful. We can only believe, we can only start from ourselves, and then slowly influence The people around you, like plastic reduction and carbon reduction, must be promoted for a long time. It is the most difficult to establish this concept of work in the public service system and to make everyone internalized and then proud of being on the ground. "
Winning the Silver Award is only the starting point for the next stage of the Northeast Corner and Yilan Management Office. The next step is to deepen the “Culture and Tradition” sustainable tourism management action plan in the certification project to promote the maintenance, preservation and development of the ancient road. The history of the northeast corner and Yilan began in the ancient road of Lampan. In the Qing Dynasty, the main thoroughfare of the Danshui Hall (present-day Taipei) and Yilan was carried out. It carried the difficult history of the ancestors step by step and the mountains and the wasteland. It also carried the deep memory of the development of goods, culture and industry. The physician also left a lot of historical sites here. Nowadays, this main road that can only be walked on foot has been replaced by modern highways and railways. Only the travellers who are hiking are here to trace its brilliant past.
Chen Meixiu believes: "The ancient road needs continuous maintenance. The past practice is very simple. If the paragraph is broken, it will be sent to the manufacturer to repair it in a modern way. But the ancient road has its historical value. This kind of repair is problematic. We have been Thinking about whether you can use a more friendly environment, more sustainable, and let local residents participate and continue their cultural significance. There are many elderly people, and the ancient Lanlan Road is part of their early life. The ancient roads used natural materials. It’s also the best way to maintain the ancient roads and the environment. Is it possible for them to pass on the methods used in the past to the younger generation, and let them realize that their experience is very valuable?” The project is being promoted, and will encourage local residents to join the restoration work of the ancient road through demonstration channels, workshops, documentaries and other channels, and find the life memories that are annihilated in the smoky vines, and find them one by one. I am proud of the cultural assets I own.
Left: Lin Tingyu, representative of the Northeast Corner and Yilan Management Office (2018 Global Top 100 Green Tourism Destination Certificate)
Middle: Mr. Salman, President of the Green Tourism Destination Foundation
Right: Chen Yingjie, Secretary General of Taiwan Everlasting Travel Association (Green Award for Green Tourism Destination International Certification)
Left 3: Northeast Corner and Yilan Management Office Representative Lin Tingzhong: Chairman of the Green Tourism Destination Foundation Mr. Salman
Left Front 2: Chen Yingjie, Secretary General of Taiwan Everlasting Travel Association
2016 Global Top 100 Green Tourism Certificates
2017 Global Top 100 Green Tourism Certificates
Related website links:
Green Tourism Destination International Certification
Global Leaders Network
Taiwan Everlasting Travel Association Official Website