To promote green consumption thought to the public, or equally as waste reduction (for instance, hotels/motels may reduce the frequency of changing bed spreadsheet, towel, issuing tooth paste and tooth brush), the EPA designs a ecolabelling certification mechanism for tourism sector by the concepts of water saving, electricity saving, and resource recycling. The “2008 Most Environmental Hotel Contest” has been held in three stages:
First Stage “ IN means be environmental!” this activity was launched on December 25, 2007 and ended on January 15, 2008. There were 27 hotels/motels self-registered and 107 hotels/motels were nominated by the internet recommendation.
Second Stage: “You decide who is most environmental?” this activity had more than 40,000 people made online voting and voting was ended on February 15, 2008.
Third Stage: “Onsite inspection” the onsite inspection result was announced on March 5, 2008. There were 19 hotels elected as prizewinners, their names are listed in the following table: