Excellence in Sustainable and Responsible Tourism
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Excellence in Sustainable and Responsible Tourism score breakdown
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To help businesses demonstrate their commitment to business excellence businesses will be rewarded for their accreditation achievements. For the 2025 Awards cycle QTF accreditation Achievements and other programs will be recognised.
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Sustainable Accreditation
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The QTF Sustainable Accreditation program is the only sustainable accreditation program recognised for the Awards. Any business that has an active QTF Sustainable Accreditation achievement will have this information automatically populated in the QTF and they will be awarded 2 points for this achievement.
Alert! These points will be auto populated by the QTF based on the businesses QTF Sustainable Accreditation status. This achievement is worth 2 points. No action is required by Judges.
Emissions Assessment
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If the business has completed the QTF Tourism Emissions Reduction Program, this achievement will be automatically recognised in the submission.
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The example above shows that the business has NOT completed the QTF Tourism Emissions Reduction program, therefore the auto generated answer is 'No'
Alert! If the business did complete the QTF Tourism Emissions Reduction program, this answer would pre populate as Yes. And the 1 point would be automatically added to the score total for this section.
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If the business has not completed the QTF Tourism Emissions Reduction Program, a secondary question will appear. This question will be completed by the business.
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The business has an option to include an alternative emissions reduction assessment.
Alert! Businesses must upload evidence of this achievement to their submission.
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If the business uploads evidence of completion of an alternative emissions reduction program and uploads the evidence of this achievement it then determined by the Awards Program Admin or Judge to decide if this alternative achievement is acceptable.
Alert! Before Judging commences, your Awards Program Administrator will confirm whether this will be the Judge or Program Administrators responsibility.
Accessible Accreditation
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If the business has completed the QTF Accessible Program, this achievement will be automatically recognised in the submission.
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The example above shows that the business has NOT completed the QTF Accessible Program, therefore the auto generated answer is 'No'
Alert! If the business did complete the QTF Accessible Program, this answer would pre populate as Yes. And the 1 point would be automatically added to the score total for this section.
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If the business has not completed the QTF Accessible Program, a secondary question will appear. This question will be completed by the business.
Alert! Like the emissions reduction alternative accreditation, businesses must upload evidence of their alternative accessible accreditation achievement to their submission.
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If the business uploads evidence of completion of an alternative accessible program and uploads the evidence of this achievement, the Awards Program Admin or Judge decides if this alternative achievement is acceptable.
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If a business has completed either the QTF Accessible Program, or an alternative program, they must provide evidence of their Accessible Guide on their website. This must be completed by the business.
Scoring
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Scores will be totaled by the QTF according to the responses submitted. For example, in the screenshot below the total score of 4 has been allocated to this business based on the following logic: - The business has been awarded 2 points for completing the QTF Sustainable Accreditation Program. - The business has not completed the QTF Tourism Emissions Reduction program, or an alternative, therefore they earn zero points. - The business completed an alternative accessible program, and the evidence and links uploaded to verify this program achievement was accepted by the Awards Administrator or Judge. 1 point was allocated. - The business uploaded their alternative accessible guide to their website, this was checked and verified by the Awards Administrator or Judge and accepted. 1 point was allocated. - The business earned 4 points in total.
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