Social Responsibility

CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, is the active and voluntary contribution a company makes to improve its economic, social and environmental surroundings.

This responsibility goes beyond laws or regulations: it is something the company itself carries out through internal practices and rules that must be complied with and monitored.

At Camping Armanello we believe it is our moral duty to contribute as far as possible to a better environment that guarantees sustainability and inclusion in the world of tourism.

Project with ASPANION 2024: Collaboration with the Association of Parents of Children Affected by Cancer in the Valencian Community

Since 2024 we have collaborated with ASPANION to help families with children with cancer. We help through donations collected during bookings and with accommodation for some of those affected, so that they can enjoy time outdoors with friends and family.

Project with UNICEF in 2020-23: Access to water for the most vulnerable children in the fight against COVID-19

If we don't act now, 1 in 4 children could lack sufficient water by 2040.

To the threat that climate change poses to millions of children and families, the coronavirus crisis was added in 2020. Heat waves, floods, droughts or hurricanes are natural disasters that are intensified and aggravated by climate change and often cause the destruction or deterioration of water distribution systems (tanks, pipes, fountains, wells, etc.). In addition, these events leave contaminated water in their wake, endangering children's lives through, for example, outbreaks of diseases such as cholera or diarrhoea.

For the populations most affected by these extreme events related to climate change, it is more important than ever to have enough clean water, among other things, to wash hands and protect against infection.

Moreover, in many countries health systems are overwhelmed by the pandemic and care for other childhood diseases suffers, so prevention, not only of COVID-19 but of other conditions caused by the use of contaminated water (diarrhoea, cholera, etc.), is the best protection to save the lives of affected children.

While the world intensifies the fight against COVID-19, we cannot forget that the greatest long-term threat to the future of children is climate change.

We see it every day, and so do our children and teenagers, who, in initiatives such as Fridays For Future and through their presence in forums such as COP25, demand action to curb climate change and protect the planet.

We must make sure our children inherit a world better prepared to fight not only pandemics like this one, but also other kinds of shocks linked to climate change. That is why we need to reimagine and build together a greener, more sustainable and more resilient world. And your support is essential to achieve it!

Project with UNICEF in 2019: Responsible tourism to curb climate change

The Friendly Hotels programme contributes from this year to the fight against the impact of climate change on children

Every day, 4,000 girls and boys die because of a lack of drinking water and adequate sanitation systems. A problem aggravated by climate change, whose impact could affect 175 million children over the next decade.

For this reason, since the beginning of this year the Friendly Hotels programme of UNICEF Spanish Committee will allocate the funds raised through its actions to the fight against the effects of climate change on children. Thanks to this commitment, access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene services can be expanded for families and communities that lack them.

These services are essential for the survival and development of children. With the intensification of heat waves, floods or droughts, natural disasters aggravated by climate change, water distribution systems (tanks, pipes, fountains, etc.) are often destroyed. In addition, these events leave contaminated water in their wake, endangering children's lives through, for example, outbreaks of diseases such as cholera or diarrhoea.

Through the Friendly Hotels programme, a movement that promotes responsible tourism, all companies in the tourism sector and their customers can help fight the consequences of climate change for children. The hotels taking part in the programme run awareness campaigns on the impact of climate change on water and raise funds for UNICEF's water and sanitation programmes.

Customers can also donate at check-in at an establishment adhering to the programme, or take part in the hotels' events and activities. With 3 euros, UNICEF can provide drinking water to 2 children for a month.

In Jordan, for example, in the Baqa'a Palestinian refugee camp, UNICEF installed tanks to distribute water to children such as Abdullah, 11, and his sister Nour. Their family was forced to buy very expensive water because of shortages. With the new infrastructure they have access to water for drinking, cooking and washing. “The camp is very dirty,” explains Ribhia, Abdullah and Nour's mother. “Before, the house was dirty and my children didn't bathe. I was afraid they would get sick.” Jordan is suffering a decrease in annual rainfall and a rise in temperatures due to climate change, causing droughts and reduced water availability, especially for vulnerable groups such as refugees.

Climate change directly affects children's health, education, protection and development, especially children living in the poorest areas. This can have irreversible effects on childhood, but it can be curbed by actions aimed at improving access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene.

Project with UNICEF in 2018: children of the Dominican Republic

Fight with us against the commercial sexual exploitation of children

Friendly Hotels is an initiative of UNICEF Spanish Committee with the tourism sector for the protection of children, in particular against commercial sexual exploitation of children in the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Republic is a very important tourist destination with growth projections for the coming years, where thousands of children live who suffer violence and abuse in this context. At UNICEF we work to strengthen the environment that protects children and to enforce policies that defend them against abuse, discrimination and violence. A protective environment means safety.

How to take part in the Friendly Hotels programme?

All companies in the sector can take part in this responsible tourism movement, large and small hotel chains, individual hotels, booking centres, etc. And, of course, their customers.

If you are a guest at a Friendly Hotel, support UNICEF's Programme for Protection against commercial sexual exploitation of children by adding 1/3/5 euros to your bill. Camping Armanello, through the Valencian Federation of Campsites and the Generalitat Valenciana, is among the signatory members of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism of the World Tourism Organization.

Universal Accessibility

What does this mean?

That all our management takes into account the need for inclusive tourism, adapting our way of working and our facilities to universal accessibility. People with temporary incapacity (pregnancy, for example) or people with mobility or vision problems all have the right to enjoy tourism. That is our commitment and what we work for.

ETHICS AS ADDED VALUE

Signing the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and adapting it in a pioneering way to the reality of our Community is a challenge. The challenge of taking on the construction of a new tourism narrative based on ethics, sustainability and social responsibility.

We are a Mediterranean society and territory that bases its tourism vocation on a culture of hospitality. The world changes at dizzying speed, but the tourism attitude must arm itself with the universal values and principles that inspire the Code of Ethics.

What is more, they are values that absolutely inspire the new Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Law, as well as a differentiating factor of our proposal as a unique tourist destination.

This is a time of transformation and change management. New governance, sector leadership, digital revolution, competitiveness, innovation, professionalisation… our agenda is as extensive as it is in need of ethical criteria.

Adopting the code is not just an administrative act. It is a change of individual and collective mindset: an enormous and exciting operation to renew the tourism economy. This code will make us stronger as a tourist destination and as a host society.

Francesc Colomer Sánchez

President of the Valencian Tourism Agency