The label, issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2012targeting tourism accommodations, is a set of 81 criteria and is gradedfrom one to five green lotuses.
This year, five-lotus label was given to 8 hotels, while 12 achievedfour-lotus label and 11 earned the three-lotus recognition. Two hotelsacquired the one-lotus standards.
Most of the winners of four- and five-lotus label carry outenvironmental protection in a professional way. In addition to providingtraining courses and documents for staff, they set up websites toupdate information and regulations on environment conservation for eachservice. Applying new technology and using renewable energy are alsoamong their efforts to reduce negative impacts on the environment.
However, there exist some headwinds when carrying out the Green Lotuslabel programme, including insufficient expenditure for assessment work,lack of participants as the label is awarded on a voluntary basis andout-of-date criteria.
At the conference, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism Ngo Hoai Chung highlighted the necessity tofine-tune the set of criteria and issue legal regulations to establishthe role of the label.
The tourism sector needs to enhance communication activities to raisethe accommodations’ awareness on environment protection, Chung said.
He added that relevant agencies should promote cooperation in examiningand inspecting environment protection activities in touristaccommodations.
On the occasion, Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Hue Pilgrimage Village – boutiqueresort and spa and Ho Chi Minh City’s Dong Khoi Hotel shared theirexperience in investment, construction and operation of green hotels inaccordance with Green Lotus label criteria.
33 tourist accommodations receive green lotus label
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