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Folder VISTAwards Spotlight on Irresponsible Tourism

This section contains the  forms to submit an unsustainable tourism destination or activity. It contains an example of the Algarve International Race Track in Portugal, alongside three other nominations - the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia,  the Kok Zhailou Ski resort development in Kazakstan, and Hurghada, the Red Sea Coral Reef dive destination in Egypt..

Spotlight on Unsustainable Tourism


with a Rusty Nail Awardfor

  • Hurghada: eco-horror for coral reefs

  • Kasachstan: 10,000 people fighting to keep their habitat from commercial destruction

  • Algarve: international autodrome against nature

  • Sochi: winter olympics - a lesson in how not to put on a large scale event