{"id":4539,"date":"2022-06-29T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:32:14","slug":"the-results-how-did-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/29\/the-results-how-did-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The results – how did we do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Sand and Sea Plastic Free project by the TUI Care Foundation, The Travel Foundation and Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) was originally designed to run for three years, and will now be continued for a further three<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

It has produced some excellent results, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting drop in international arrivals (84% in 2020 and 51% in 2021 compared to 2019 levels).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The pandemic necessitated a pause in the project and a re-focus of activities when it resumed, with the team focusing on creative methods of reaching target audiences \u2013 in particular residents, schoolchildren and domestic tourists. Despite the reduction of international arrivals, hotel occupancy was sustained in 2021 by domestic tourism, thanks to holidays sponsored by the Cypriot government.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Raising awareness and encouraging behaviour change<\/strong><\/p>