BANGKOK, March 11 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Koh Mak in Trang has been named one of the globe’s top three sustainable tourism success stories at the world’s biggest travel fair.
The small island in the Gulf of Thailand came second in the Governance, Reset and Recovery category of the 2023 Green Destinations Story Awards at the “Internationale Tourismus Borse” (ITB Berlin) fair.
Green Destinations is a global organisation created in the Netherlands to support sustainable destinations, their businesses and their communities.
Normandy in France was awarded first place, with third going to the Japanese town of Oguni.
Koh Mak is being developed as a low-carbon destination under the government’s Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta).
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