Two Bay of Plenty tourism operators have been nationally recognised for their hard work in tourism sustainability innovation.
Mount Maunganui's Cosy Corner Holiday Park and the Ohope Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park were both highly commended at the recent Tourism Industry Aotearoa Sustainability Innovation Awards.
Cosy Corner Holiday Park was acknowledged for undertaking significant efforts to reduce waste and carbon emissions.
To reduce carbon emissions, the park replaced its diesel water heating system with solar power.
Co-manager Greg Davidson said they hoped this would result in a cost-neutral heating system and more importantly, zero-emissions from water heating.