Frontiers North Adventures wins International Ecotourism Award

WINNIPEG, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ - Frontiers North Adventures, the premiere
provider of Authentic Arctic Experiences in Canada's north, has been awarded
the 2009 Skal International Ecotourism Award in the Tour Operator and Travel
Agent category.
The award was presented to Frontiers North Adventures on November 2nd at the
Opening Ceremony of the 70th Skal World Congress held in Budapest, Hungary.
Skal International is the largest organization of travel and tourism
professionals in the world, with locations in 90 countries and over 20,000
members.
As the winner of this year's award, Frontiers North Adventures demonstrated
excellence in contributing to the conservation of nature and cultural heritage
conservation, community involvement and benefits, educational features,
business viability and innovation with their adventures in Churchill,
Manitoba, Canada.
"For years Frontiers North Adventures has worked hard at treading lightly,"
said John Gunter, General Manager for Frontiers North Adventures. "We've
developed innovative recycling projects, international and local partnerships
and aiding in the development of local-to-the-north, authentic tourism
programming and are honoured by Skal for acknowledging our efforts with this
award."
Owners and operators of the Tundra Buggy(R) Adventure, Frontiers North
Adventures currently offers wildlife-viewing programs in Manitoba, Nunavut,
and British Columbia, the most popular adventure being to experience Polar
Bears in Churchill.
The company has shown it is an international leader in sustainable tourism
through local partnerships with the Manitoba Metis Federation and Way of the
North discussions with First Nations Elder's from the Churchill community, and
through global education and conservation awareness partnerships with
organizations such as Polar Bears International.
Frontiers North Adventures has been honored in both 2005 and 2006 with the
Travel Manitoba's Sustainable Tourism Award, and with Travel Manitoba's
Ecotourism Award. They also have been recognized by the Tourism Industry
Association of Canada as one of the top three sustainable tourism operators in
Canada. In 2007, Nunavut Tourism presented the company an Award of Excellence
for its outstanding investment in tourism and sustainable development
practices.

SOURCE Frontiers North Adventures

Jaime Dzikowski, Marketing Manager, Frontiers North Adventures, Phone: (204)
949-2050, Email: jaime.dzikowski@frontiersnorth.com, Web:
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