THK Awards 2002:
Affiliate or Cert?

On the 22nd of December 2002, Bali Travel News is going to host a special ceremony in Besakih, Karangasem in eastern Bali, where the Tri Hita Karana Tourism Awards and Accreditation Certificates will be conferred.
The participants of the “Green Paradise” THK Tourism Awards and Accreditations this year will be classified into “affiliate” or “certified” categories. The affiliated categories are those which need to improve their performance so that they are to be considered good enough to be classified as “certified” at a later date. Certified group members are better than those, which are affiliated. Certified groups must pass the “base line level of the THK benchmark”. They will be awarded THK certificates, which are arranged as fair (C), good (B), very good (A) or excellent (A plus) categories. The top three of the certified category, which are considered to achieve very good, excellent or outstanding achievements in implementing THK concepts will be awarded THK Tourism Awards. The State Minister of Culture and Tourism, the Governor of Bali, the Head of the House of Representatives of Bali or the Head of Regencies will present the awards across the island in Bali.
The THK certificates or the THK awards are valid for a one-year period only. If the operations are considered to fail to fulfill the THK criteria during that period, the awards or certificates will be withdrawn. You should be involved in ‘keeping an eye’ on operations that might fail to fulfill the THK criteria. You could provide input to the THK team so that the awards could be withdrawn!
Good luck for the certified companies and for the THK winners! More importantly, don’t stop working hard to improve your performance so you can achieve the “best level” on implementing the THK concept in your business. For the ones, which have not got certified yet, don’t be disappointed. After implementing THK properly, you will have the opportunity to be certified later. Good luck, and please don’t give up ....!(A. A. G. Raka Dalem, sustainablebali@yahoo.com)