Black Sea region of Adjara wins Europe's Leading All-Season Destination at tourism "Oscar" - World Travel Awards
Georgia hosted the 30th-anniversary gala ceremony of the tourism “Oscar” with the Georgian show programme, which demonstrated the country’s culture, art, traditions and history, as well as Georgian hospitality. Photo via Adjara Tourism Department
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Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara and the city of Batumi on Friday won the award of Europe's Leading All-Season Destination 2023 at the so-called tourism “Oscar” - the World Travel Awards, hosted in Batumi for the first time.
World Travel Awards. Photo via Adjara Tourism Department
Batumi also received the prize for Europe's Leading Emerging Tourism Destination 2003. The city earned the same award in 2022 as well, the Adjara Tourism Department said.
The Batumi Botanical Garden was chosen as Europe’s Leading Botanical Garden, competing against the botanical gardens of Madrid, Edinburgh, Berlin and other famous European cities.
Georgia hosted the 30th-anniversary gala ceremony of the tourism “Oscar” with the Georgian show programme, which demonstrated the country’s culture, art, traditions and history, as well as Georgian hospitality.
Photo via Adjara Tourism Department
International media representatives, foreign bloggers and 300 representatives of the tourism industry from 24 countries, including Portugal, Croatia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Norway, Switzerland, Gibraltar and the Netherlands, attended the ceremony.
Winners of World Travel Awards. Photo via Adjara Tourism Department
World Travel Awards has been held since 1993 to reward the best destinations and companies in all sectors of the hospitality industry, dividing hundreds of nominations and thousands of nominees into different categories, including leading hotels, travel agencies, tourist attractions, destinations, tour operators, as well as sea, road and air transport companies.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Friday informed participants of the Forum of Tourism Leaders, hosted as part of the World Tourism Day in Saudi Arabia, about Georgia’s preparations to host next year’s edition in its capital.
Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi on Thursday hosted tourism industry professionals to discuss sustainable development of the field as part of this year’s Batumi International Tourism Forum.
The Black Sea city of Batumi on Saturday won the award of the world’s leading emerging tourism destination 2022 at the 29th World Travel Awards, in Oman’s capital of Muscat.
The Black Sea city of Batumi on Saturday won the award of Europe’s leading emerging tourism destination, the so-called tourism "Oscar", at the 29th World Travel Awards, in Mallorca.
Glimpses of Georgia, a video prepared by the Bloomberg media platform on a commission by the Georgian National Tourism Administration, won the category of Tourism Films, the very best in corporate media & TV of the year award at the annual Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, the national body said on Monday.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration is featuring in the eighth edition of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, an event focusing on fostering rural development, building economic resilience and preserving cultural heritage.
Bloomberg media has published a promotional video showcasing the eastern Georgian winemaking region of Kakheti as part of a new campaign by the National Tourism Administration to highlight the destination for visitors.
Domestic tourism promotional campaign - Follow Me in Adjara, implemented by the Adjara Tourism Department for the first time this year, reached over 100 million hits on social media platforms.