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The SeaPark Resort of Giulianova endorses Legambiente’s proposal for sustainable tourism.

The importance of protecting the land and natural sceneries as well as peoples' culture, history and customs is already acknowledged all over Europe. This attitude comes out with a newly-emerging need to find events, places and establishments where environmental quality through responsible behaviours is increasingly perceived as a means of improving both holiday and the environment.

Legambiente is sure that a lasting solution can only be found through the voluntary involvement of local environmentally-aware businesses and their guests. This is the reason for placing its experience as an environmental organisation - with long-established activities in land and natural resources protection - at the service of new practical initiatives in the field of sustainable tourism.

These initiatives aim at mitigating human-induced stresses on the land - through a reduction of tourist environmental impacts in tourist areas - in order to preserve and improve Italy's natural resource and cultural heritage, which is almost unique in the world.

So, where to spend a quality-plus holiday in a more environmentally-friendly way without reducing one's own comfort? Now tourists can choose among seaside and mountain resorts or spas, picking from the wide range of businesses showing the Legambiente logotype (including all-star hotels, campsites and other accommodation).

The SeaPark Resort of Giulianova since 2005 has been a resort officially recommended by Legambiente Tourism as one of the

“Recommended Hotels on account of their commitment
to environmental protection"

whose environmental key goals are:

waste reduction and recycling; energy and water saving; abatement of noise and traffic; promotion of environmentally sound food products and local gastronomy; promotion of local natural itineraries and monumental attractions.



NEWS LEGAMBIENTE TOURISM
FEBRUARY 2006

“LEGAMBIENTE TOURISM” AWARDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND BY THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE INITIATIVE OF THE RESORTS “RECOMMENDED ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION”.

Legambiente Tourism has been awarded by the European Union and by the Federal Government of Austria, during the European Conference on “Tourism and ecologically sound Travel”, held  in Vienna under the umbrella of the EU Austria semestral presidency.

Legambiente’s initiative, started eight years ago with a project regarding the Riviera Romagnola and the town of Riccione, received the second award of the general catalogue, with special regard to the incentivation of collective transport and  the development of light mobility for tourists.

A significant reason for this award was the initiative "Get by train to Riccione, free of charge" promoted by the Hoteliers Association of Riccione (the first partner of Legambiente Tourism project) in cooperation with Trenitalia.

This award (the only one for an italian initiative) was given to Luigi Rambelli (President of Legambiente Turismo) and Giovanna Pasti (Scientific Expert of the Association) by the Austrian Vice Chancellor and Transport Minister Hubert Gorbach.

It is an important acknowledgement for a non-governmental civil society initiative that spreads, by now, among 80 towns of the coast, the inland and some major cities of 8 Italian regions, joined by more than 300 hotels and resorts totalling 40.000 beds and 4 million guests.

Words of appreciation for the Italian initiative have been expressed by some representatives of the Austrian Government, the European Commission and the World Tourism Organization. Legambiente Tourism’s local projects are implemented in Veneto, in Chioggia, in Emilia Romagna with several projects on the Riviera, on the Appenine area and in some art towns like Ferrara; in the Marche (Parco del Conero, S. Benedetto del Tronto and Colli Piceni; in Toscana (Elba, Versilia, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Casentino); in Umbria (a Gubbio, Norcia, Montegrandone, Lago Trasimeno); in Abruzzo (Martinsicuro and Giulianova); in Campania (in Parco del Cilento and in Paestum); in Calabria (in Parco dell’Aspromonte).