Georgia named top foreign destination at leading northern European travel fair
The Georgian National Tourism Administration team accepted the honour on stage in Helsinki. Photo via Georgian Embassy in Finland.
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Georgia 's work for developing and promoting its tourist potential has been recognised at northern Europe's largest travel industry event with the Foreign Destination of the Year award for the country's representation at the Matka 2020 fair.
The Georgian delegation at the 2019 Travel Awards of the fair, held earlier today within its Matka Trade Day that caters to industry professionals, collected the prize in Helsinki from the Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists.
Georgia was named „Foreign Destination of the Year” on “MATKA 2020” pic.twitter.com/yoPXczVCBq
— Georgia in Finland (@geo_embassy) 16 January 2020
Representatives of the Georgian National Tourism Administration were hosted alongside their colleagues at the Messukeskus Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, where the public part of the fair will run through January 19.
The fair brings together over 1,000 exhibitors from around 80 countries to kick-off the year with more than 50,000 visitors and around 20,000 industry professionals.
The event also involves a Workshop Day and Business Forum to offer further opportunities for networking and cooperation to those involved in the profession.
Tbilisi is among the nominees for European best destination 2020, on travel website European Best Destinations developed to promote culture and tourism in Europe, with millions of people voting online for best destinations over the past ten years. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has urged people to vote online for the Georgian capital.
Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi has been nominated as Europe’s leading, growing tourist destination at the World Travel Awards, often referred to as the Oscar of tourism awards.
The leading association of travel agents and tour operators, the British Travel Association (ABTA), previously known as the Association of British Travel Agents, has named Georgia as one of “12 destinations to watch” in its Travel Trends 2020 report.
Georgia has been named as Travel Lemming's top emerging destination on the planet for 2020 and number one overall in Europe. The website promoting emerging travel destinations around the world, unveiled the selection this morning.
Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been named as the third trendiest destinations for 2020 after Colmar, France and Athens, Greece, on travel website European Best Destinations. More than 600,000 people voted for their favourite destination online between January 15 and February 5.
Georgian capital of Tbilisi has become the victor of the recent online voting of Ireland’s low-cost airline Ryanair, as the best travel destination for 2020. The voting was underway at Ryanair’s instagram story where Tbilisi has defeated Rome, Santorini, Paris, Mallorca and finally - Barcelona.
Forbes has noted Tbilisi’s coming in third in the European Best Destinations (EBD) 2020 awards, writing that the capital bested a number of other high-profile destinations.