Devon celebrates success at Responsible Tourism Awards
A South West Beacon business, The Venus Company, the UK's leading beach café and shop operator, has been presented on the 16th of November with a 2005 First Choice Responsible Tourism Award for the Best in a Marine Environment Category at the World Travel Market in London.
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Wake up and smell the country!
A new initiative promoting the best of responsible and green tourism in Devon has been launched in London. The "Green Paper" offers an insight into the county"s approach to sustainable tourism...
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Be a responsible visitor!
Explore a greener Devon... stay in award winning accommodation, leave the car at home and explore on foot, by bike or canoe, visit environmentally responsible attractions and indulge in some of the finest local food and drink on offer...
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Discover Devon - unique, glorious, wild and wonderful, rich in history - a really special place...
Unique with two different coastlines - bare rugged cliffs, surf washed sands, white pebble beaches, stretches of golden sands, stunning resorts, hidden wooded estuaries and the Jurassic Coast - England's first natural World Heritage Site. Read more
Glorious countryside - green rolling hills, coloured patchwork fields, high-sided lanes, bustling market towns and villages, thatched white washed cottages and traditional Devon longhouses. Read more
Wild and wonderful moorland - Dartmoor, in the south, embraces wild landscapes and picture postcard villages. Exmoor, lies in the north and combines breathtaking rugged coastline with wild heather moorland. Read more
Rich in history and heritage - where you can step back in time and explore historic cities, or discover seafaring characters like Drake and Raleigh, the settings for novels by Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle, myths and legends. Read more