17:03 | London (UK), Dec. 16.
Peru has been named
World's Leading Cultural Destination 2021 and
World's Leading Culinary Destination 2021 at the annual World Travel Awards (WTA), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), as well as Peru's Exports and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru), reported on Thursday.
The announcement was made today, December 16, during a ceremony held in London (UK), in which the World Travel Awards unveiled the 2021 winners of its World categories.
Thus, the South American nation has won three World Travel Awards in the World categories, for being the world's top cultural and culinary destination, and for being home of the world's leading tourist attraction: Machu Picchu.
This year's edition has been very auspicious for Peru, as these awards enhance the tourist quality of the country and turn it into a dream destination for travelers.
The World Travel Awards serve to recognize and reward excellence in the global travel and tourism sectors.
In the case of the World's Leading Culinary Destination category, Peru was nominated along with Argentina, Australia, China, Colombia, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, U.S., and Vietnam.
In addition to Peru, the following destinations were nominated for World's Leading Cultural Destination 2021: Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, France, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Oman, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
About World Travel Awards
WTA was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
Today, the WTA brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.
Each year, WTA covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognize and celebrate individual and collective success within each key geographical region.
WTA gala ceremonies are widely regarded as the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and industry leaders, luminaries, and international print and broadcast media.
(END) NDP/RMB
Published: 12/16/2021