{"id":2301,"date":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2026-09-12T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:09:02","slug":"travelife-sustainability-official-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/travelife-sustainability-official-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"[Report] Travelife Official Training Workshop in Awaji Island Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this training, we welcomed Anne de Jong, staff member from the<a href=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/category\/travelife\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travelife<\/a>headquarters\u2014marking our first in-person session with headquarters staff since 2019. Ms. de Jong led sessions on the latest international trends, including the EU\u2019s Empowering Consumers Directive (EmpCo) regarding greenwashing, the significance of embracing sustainability, and how we can protect our local communities and destinations. Participants explored ways to foster community building and business operations where local residents, visitors, and operators alike can thrive. It proved to be a valuable opportunity to deepen understanding through international standards and specific case studies from operators across various countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the workshop brought together a diverse group of stakeholders\u2014ranging from travel companies to organizations and individuals active at the community level\u2014enabling lively and broad-perspective discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2306\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499726612336293;width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260907_032540331.MP_-edited-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Overview of the general lecture during the training (presentation by Anne de Jong, Travelife headquarters staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, on September 6, the day before the official training, an optional field trip was held. Participants visited the uninhabited island of<a href=\"https:\/\/kuniumi-awaji.jp\/heritage_26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narugashima<\/a>to observe rare plants and wildlife and interact with local experts. They also visited<a href=\"https:\/\/shunyoso.jp\/ja\/top\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shunyoso<\/a>, a registered tangible cultural property operated by Jarta Representative Director Takayama Suguru. This provided a firsthand experience of Awaji Island\u2019s rich nature, history, and culture, as well as Representative Director Takayama's ongoing initiatives in community development through tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JARTA will continue to share regular updates on training information regarding Travelife and other sustainable certification programs. For details and upcoming event schedules, please check the<a href=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/archeive\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Update Archive<\/a>on our official website, or feel free to reach out via our<a href=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/contacts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">You can check the program overview from here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-14-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/travelife-training-in-awaji-sep\/\">\u3010Announcement\u3011Travelife Sustainability Official Training Workshop in Awaji Island Organized By JARTA (September 7\u20138) Participants Wanted<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">\u3053\u306e\u5ea6\u3001\u4e00\u822c\u793e\u56e3\u6cd5\u4ebaJARTA\u306f\u3001\u30b5\u30b9\u30c6\u30ca\u30d6\u30eb\u30c4\u30fc\u30ea\u30ba\u30e0\u306e\u672c\u8cea\u3092\u4f53\u7cfb\u7684\u306b\u5b66\u3076\u305f\u3081\u306e\u300cTravelife \u7814\u4fee\u4f1a in \u6de1\u8def\u5cf6\u300d\u3092\u958b\u50ac\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002 \u4eca\u56de\u306e\u7814\u4fee\u306f\u3001\u56fd\u751f\u307f\u306e\u5cf6\u30fb\u6de1\u8def&#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4eca\u56de\u306e\u7814\u4fee\u3067\u306f\u30012019\u5e74\u4ee5\u6765\u3068\u306a\u308bTravelife\u672c\u90e8\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u306eAnne de Jong\u6c0f\u3092\u8b1b\u5e2b\u306b\u8fce\u3048\u3001\u30b0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":"","vk-ltc-link":"","vk-ltc-target":""},"categories":[7,14,18,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-travelife","category-news","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions\/2366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}