The World Travel Awards ( or WTA according to abbreviationfinder) were created more than two decades ago and annually recognize and reward excellence in all sectors of the tourism industry worldwide.
Importance
The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal highlighted the importance of these awards and called them the Oscars of the travel industry. The WTAs are recognized worldwide as the official seal of quality of the industry and every year they reward countries that stand out for the tourism products they offer to travelers.
Each year galas and ceremonies are held to celebrate the tourism success of each geographic region. The WTA Grand Tour is an event of the utmost importance in the tourism industry and it is attended by the main media as well as the most important tourism representatives in the world.
Characteristics
- 1993. Creation of the Prize.
- Awarding: Every year an international jury of experts in hospitality and quality decides the awards based on the nominees in different categories: Food, Medals, Hotels, Companies, Service Agency, etc.
Categories that are awarded
1.Business and management
2.Entertainment
- general
- Advertising
- National competitions
- Comics and cartoons
- IT and Internet
- Dance
- Film
- Food and drink
- Humor
- Music
- Radio
- Stage and theater
- TV
- sightseeing
3.food
- Culinary
- Spirits
- Prepared
- Distillations
- Winegrower and sommelier
4.Games and sports
- General and Miscellaneous
- American football and Canadian football
- Association football
- Australian Rules of Soccer
- Car races
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Table games
- Boxing
- Chess
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Figure skating
- Ice Hockey
- Olympic medalists
- Paralympic medalists
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- National trophies
- International Two Team Challenge Trophies
- IRB Awards
- Candle
- Tennis
- Thoroughbred horse racing
- Video game
- Other games and sports
5 Humanitarianism, international relations and service
- Scouting
6 hobby and special interest
- Car
- Scale modeling
- Humanities
- Area studies
- Architecture
- Arts
- Design
- Education
- History
- Journalism
- Idiom
- Law
- Literature
- Logic and philosophy
- Politics
- Theology and Biblical Studies
8.Military and patriotic honors and medals
- (By Countries)
- Various
- Simulated Awards
- Posthumous
10 science and technology
- General and Miscellaneous
- farming
- Astronomy
- Aeronautical and space technology
- Biochemistry
- biology
- Chemistry
- Engineering, computing, invention and technology
- Environment
- Geography
- geology
- Geophysics
- Health Sciences
- Math
- Oceanography and meteorology
- Paleontology
- Physical
- Social Sciences
- Systems science
