The Green Star Implementer Personnel Training, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to protect the environment, promote environmental awareness, and encourage the positive contributions of tourism facilities to the environment, was held at Gardenia Hotel in collaboration with the Alanya Tourism Operators Association (ALTİD) and the Antalya Chamber of Environmental Engineers. During the training, which was given by Environmental Engineer Uğur Burhan Yıldırım, the Green Star Certification Program was applied to representatives of accommodation facilities with tourism operation licenses, in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulation on the Issuance of Environmentally Sensitive Accommodation Facility Certificates." ALTİD Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED), Burhan Sili, made a statement regarding the certification program, announcing that the subsequent applications would aim to reduce energy, water, and harmful substance consumption, as well as waste, increase energy efficiency, encourage the use of renewable energy sources, ensure that accommodation facilities are planned and constructed in an environmentally conscious manner from the investment stage, ensure the facility's environmental compatibility, implement beautification arrangements and activities, raise awareness about ecological architecture and environmental sensitivity, provide training, and cooperate with relevant institutions and organizations. 20 REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALANYA PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. Sili emphasized that the facilities that will obtain the Environmentally Sensitive Accommodation Facility (Green Star) certificate will be in a more advantageous position economically, stating, "While contributing to the protection of the environment, our businesses will also be able to create a privilege in their promotion and marketing." The training, which took place on February 23-24 and included the European Union's Eco-label criteria, was attended by 20 participants from 16 facilities.