Blue Awards

Islands Magazine's December issue is featuring "Blue Awards" for sustainable tourism. Fiji's Cousteau resort received one - and it would be great if any of us could get a copy of the magazine and find out how many Pacific resorts made the list.

Island’s Magazine Editorial Director, Ty Sawyer explains the meaning of the award in this excerpt:

“It’s no longer a fringe group that wants to save the planet. Its become a worldwide phenomenon borne of the necessity to save and sustain all those cultures and places that make the world and incredible place to experience. So we here at ISLANDS decided to celebrate, support and honor the places and people who are so important to islands travel, those who have taken up the challenge to make responsible and sustainable tourism practices a vital part of the way they do business and, more importantly, the way they live. To celebrate these incredible and on-going achievements, we’ve put together our inaugural BLUE LIST and launched our ISLANDS Global Sustainable Tourism Awards, which we’ve dubbed THE BLUE AWARDS.

And here is the synopsis from the magazine website

The Blue List
We've done all the hard work for you. We've looked in every nook and cranny, under every palm tree, on every beach, in countless resorts, under the sea and on islands everywhere for people and places that have embraced, nurtured and protected the amazingly diverse natural and cultural heritage of our planet. What we've discovered on this journey is how incredible the world is and how it inspires us as island travelers. This issue is a celebration of the leaders and innovators in sustainable tourism, people committed to preserving everything that is unique about our island experiences. In these pages, you'll find 100 of the best of the best — our Blue List. Blue, of course, because islands are defined by water.

THE WINNERS » 54 We've also established the annual ISLANDS Global Sustainable Tourism Awards. You'll find the first five winners — Wakatobi Dive Resort (pg. 59), Seacology (pg. 62), Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort (pg. 71), Kosrae Village (pg. 81), and Nihiwatu (pg. 92) — among those on the list. But in the end, anyone who contributes to the preservation of the island dream deserves a commendation.