The winners of the 2007 Responsible Travel Awards have been announced.

The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest of their kind in the world and are a collaboration between on-line travel agent responsibletravel.com who founded and organise the Awards; UK media partners The Times and Geographical Magazine; and World Travel Market who host the Awards ceremony. The central tenet of the Awards is that all types of tourism – from niche to mainstream – can and should be operated in a way that respects and benefits destinations and local people.

The Awards are different from other tourism Awards in that winners are nominated by tourists. In 2007 we received over 1700 nominations from readers of The Times, responsibletravel.com & Geographical Magazine. Longlisted organisations are sent a detailed questionnaire and required to provide references. Independent of the references, opinions are solicited from a range of informed individuals relevant to each country. A list of those under consideration is then put forward to a panel of 13 expert judges who review the detailed responsible tourism questionnaires, and take up references.

View the entire list of winners here.