Helping to keep Tlingit traditions alive, Wayne Carlick demonstrates tribal pole carving for visitors at the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park in British Columbia. Photograph by Brooks Walker

Who are the Stewardship Heroes? They are the people in travel and tourism who fight to keep the places you visit worth visiting—and you can publicize their work. You may even get credit if your nomination appears in TRAVELER.

How can you tell the heroes? They love the destination you’ve come to see; they love showing it to you. They want you to sample local cuisine, see local performances, support local crafts, and learn local lore. They encourage architecture that suits the region, and fight blight and pollution. They want tourism to encourage wise stewardship, not enrich distant stockholders. In short, they want their spot of the world to keep providing great travel experiences.

Perhaps your candidate is an innkeeper or a superb guide. It might be an ecotour operator who takes care to hire and train local people, or a major travel company that sets tough environmental standards. You can nominate any individual or company. (In the September issue, for instance, TRAVELER reports on the trailblazing pro-environment policies of the Canadian Pacific—now Fairmont—hotel group.)

Tell the forum why you think your nominee(s) should be recognized in the pages of TRAVELER.

Make a Nomination.
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—Jonathan Tourtellot

Jonathan Tourtellot is a TRAVELER senior editor and forum host.