http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499award.html
Press Announcement
SECTUR awards Lente de Plata to Planeta.com website
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On April 18 the Mexican government bestowed the prestigious Lente de Plata
award to Ron Mader for his content-rich website -- Planeta.com: Eco Travels in
Latin America (http://www.planeta.com).
President Ernest Zedillo presented the award to Mader at the Tiangus
Turistico, the annual tourism fair held by Mexico's Tourism Secretariat
(SECTUR). The Lente de Plata (literally, "The Silver Lens") recognized the
Planeta.com website's vast resources on ecotourism and environmental issues in
Mexico.
The Planeta.com website boasts numerous articles by Mader, as well as other
writers including David Barkin, Tim Burford, Jorge Chavez, Sandra Dayton, Herb
and Carla Felsted, Greg Green, Deborah McLaren, Antonio Suarez, Sandra Skrei,
Mark Spalding, Scott Walker and Anthony Wright. Among the website's most
popular resources are directories of national parks, Spanish language schools
and environmental travel services and outdoor destinations.
According to website statistics, the Planeta.com website receives more than
7,000 readers per month. In April 1999 the site has already received more than
100,000 document or page hits.
Much of the site serves as background reference to Mader's 1998 guidebook,
Mexico: Adventures in Nature and includes updates to the book's first edition
(http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/tequila.html).
For those interested in Mexico's burgeoning nature travel market, the website
provides more than 7,000 pages of information and continues to expand. Said
Mader of the award, "This is a great honor and one that I hope benefits
Mexico's home-grown ecotourism, which is simply outstanding."
Mader added: "SECTUR's recognition and award for a website based on content
bodes well for the future of tourism promotion on the web as well as an
understanding of the diversity of tourism in Mexico."
Related Pages:
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/mexico/mexico.html
Eco Travels in Mexico
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/mexico/mexparks.html
Index - Protected Areas in Mexico
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/mexdex.html
Mexico Environmental Travel Providers and Destinations
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/schools/schoolist.html#MX
Directory of Spanish language schools in Mexico
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/tequila.html
Mexico: Adventures in Nature guidebook
For more details and links, please visit:
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499award.html
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