Apolonia Rodrigues, Lagi Pogisa, Potukale

Apolónia Rodrigues e masani lava ona paʻu i le fiafia i luitau i le fausiaina o nofoaga fou ma aga i le lumanaʻi i turisi gafataulimaina. Na amata lana galuega faʻapolofesa i le Itumalo Turisi o Évora i le 1998, lea na ia faʻatinoina ai le tele o poloketi seia oʻo i le 2007.

Fa'avae ma fa'atupuina le fa'ailoga fa'ailoga Pogisa Sky® ma Pogisa Sky® Alqueva, o loʻo avea nei ma Peresetene o le Dark Sky® Association, ma le Peresetene o le Rede de Turismo de Aldeia do Alentejo.

Na ia faamaopoopoina foi le European Network of Places of Peace talu mai le 2010. I le va o le 2010 ma le 2016 sa avea ai o ia ma taitai o le Task Force Indicators (NIT). NIT na faia e NECSTouR - Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism, Brussels, Peleseuma.

I le va o le 2014 ma le 2016 sa avea ai o ia ma sui o le ETIS POOL of Experts, o se vaega na faia e DG Grow, European Commission, e atiina ae ma faʻataʻitaʻi le European System of Tourism Indicators mo faiga faʻaauau ma le pulega o nofoaga. I le va o le 2005 ma le 2014, o Apolónia o se sui o le Tourism Sustainability Group (TSG), o se vaega na faia le Agenda mo le Europa Sustainable and Competitive Tourism, lea na ia avea ai ma taʻitaʻi-taʻitaʻi o le Working Indicators Group.

O lenei vaega na faʻatūina e DG Grow o le Komisi Europa. I le va o le 2009 ma le 2013 sa avea foi o ia ma sui o le Eureka European Tourism Advisory Committee.

Fa'ailoga Fa'ava-o-malo ma Tulaga Fa'ailoga: I le 2007 na fa'amamaluina ai lana poloketi Feso'ota'iga a Nuu o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai le Ulysses Prize a le Faalapotopotoga o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa a Malo Aufaatasi. I le 2016, na tuʻuina atu ai e le IDA ia Apolonia ma le Dark Sky Defender Award.

I le 2020 ma aofia ai i le Bizz Award na tuuina atu e le Worldcob, na ia mauaina le tulaga ese o le World Businessperson 2020 ma le ACQ5 Global Awards le tulaga ese o Gamechanger o le Tausaga mo tausaga o le 2020 ma le 2021. Faatasi ai ma lana poloketi Dark Sky® Alqueva, na maua le faailoga Runner Up mai le Ulysses Prize i le 2013, ma i le 2019 le Bronze CTW Chinese Welcome Award. I le tausaga lava lea, na maua ai e Dark Sky® Alqueva se Oscar mo Turisi mai le World Travel Awards e avea ma Europa Responsible Tourism Award 2019.

I lenei tausaga o le 2020 i le ogatotonu o lenei tulaga mataʻutia, o le Dark Sky® Alqueva ma le Dark Sky® Association e maua ai eseesega eseese. Ia Fepuari, na maua ai le Dark Sky® Alqueva i le Corporate Travel Awards, e avea ma Europa Ta'ita'i Tulaga Turisi 2020, soso'o ai ma le fa'ailoga na tu'uina atu e le Business Intelligence Group, le Sustainability Leadership Award 2020. Ia Oketopa, Dark Sky® Alqueva na avea ma vaega o le mai le Sustainable Destinations Global Top 100 by Green Destinations.

Ma ia Novema, na te mauaina le ACQ5 Global Awards i le vaega o le Kamupani o le Tausaga (Astrotourism) ma maua ai le lua "Tourism Oscars" Faailoga mai le World Travel Awards, e pei o le Europe's Responsible Tourism Award 2020 ma Europa's Leading Tourism Project 2020. 2021, faʻatasi ai ma le tele o isi faʻailoga, e pei o Faʻailoga Femalagaiga Faʻatau, Green World Award, International Travel Awards, ma le isi "Tourism Oscar" o le Europa Responsible Tourism Award 2021.

Na maua foi e le Dark Sky® Association i le 2020 The Bizz and The Peak of Success in 2021, na tuuina mai e le Worldcob ma le ACQ5 Country Awards, i le vaega o Potukale - Best Practice Operator of the Year (Astrotourism) mo le 2020 ma le 2021.