World Travel Awards
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The World Travel Awards ( WTA ) were founded in 1993 and are presented annually as an award by the London Mayfair- based media company World Travel Awards Ltd. awarded to recognize excellence in all key sectors of the travel , tourism and hospitality industries worldwide. Several thousand experts from the tourism industry from all continents, who work in agencies, hotels, airlines, tourism centers and other tourism institutions, take part in the nominations .
The votes and awards are then awarded by an international jury made up of tourism experts and specialist colleagues. Awards are presented both globally and across ten major international regions in a wide variety of categories including hotels and other accommodations, tourist attractions, airlines , travel agencies , cruise lines , safari companies, tour operators , festival and event destinations , game reserves , National parks , responsible tourism ( ecotourism ) and much more. The awards are often referred to as the " Oscars of the Travel Industry".
See also
Web links
- World Travel Awards , official website
- Small photo show of the world's first places in some categories in 2014 at DIE World
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Johansson: Cayman Islands Earns World Travel Award, Anticipates 2015 Win ( en ) The Inquisitr . February 10, 2015.
- ↑ Olivia Kelleher: Spike Island named Europe's leading tourist attraction ( en ) The Irish Times . October 1, 2017. Accessed June 17, 2020: "Former prison site wins at World Travel Awards described as" Oscars "of the travel industry"
- ^ Pól Ó Conghaile: Epic Success: Irish museum voted Europe's leading tourist attraction . Irish Independent . June 9, 2019 .: "EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has been named Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction at the travel industry 'Oscars' for 2019."
- ↑ Cecilia Rodriguez: Summer In Europe: Best Beaches, Islands And Hotels, Winners Of World Travel Awards 2019 ( en ) Forbes . June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2020: "Known as the Oscars of tourism, the World Travel Awards named Portugal for the third consecutive year as" Europe's Leading Tourist Destination "..."
- ^ Stephanie Gruner Buckley: World Travel Awards Winners ( en ) Wall Street Journal . November 17, 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2020: "Travel professionals gathered on Sunday 13 at the Royal Opera House in London for their industry's equivalent of the Oscar's."
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