CEBU - The Philippines and two of its leading destinations - Cebu and Intramuros - have been nominated for major awards under the Asia category of the 30th World Travel Awards (WTA), the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced.
It said the
Philippines is running as Asia’s Leading Beach Destination after winning in the
same category during the last WTA in September last year. The country is also
vying for Asia’s Leading Dive Destination award, a title it held for four years
straight from 2019 to 2022.
“We are extremely
elated upon receiving the news on these nominations at the landmark 30th
anniversary of the World Travel Awards. These recurring nominations clearly
manifest the growing global travel demand into the Philippines, one that we aim
to sustain in the coming days through the initiatives we have laid out for the
tourism industry’s recovery and transformation post pandemic,” Tourism
Secretary Christina Frasco said.
She said Cebu is
nominated as Asia’s Leading Wedding Destination while Intramuros is once again
running as Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction after bagging the same award last
year, adding, the DOT is also nominated as Asia’s Leading Tourism Board at the
2023 WTA. “I invite my fellow Filipinos as well as our foreign friends to
show some love and help keep the travel momentum for the Philippines. Sign up
and cast your votes now,” Frasco said.
Open to travel
professionals, media, and tourism consumers, voting for the 2023 WTA’s various
categories (including Asia) officially opened on Feb. 20, 2023 and will be open
until midnight of March 19, 2023 at https://www.worldtravelawards.com/vote. (Joyce Ann L. Rocamora)
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