Maldives named World’s Leading Destination at WTA Awards

Maldives named World’s Leading Destination at WTA Awards

Maldives claimed the ultimate honour of ‘World’s Leading Destination’ with Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) taking the title of ‘World’s Leading Tourist Board’ at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2022 in Muscat, Oman.

The stars of the travel and hospitality industries aligned for a night to celebrate the welcome return of global tourism and to find out who amongst them had been voted the best in the world.

The awards for Maldives tourism came in as it celebrates 50th anniversary since first welcoming visitors to its shores.

Dubai took the title of ‘World’s Leading Business Travel Destination’, Abu Dhabi won ‘World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination’ and Oman claimed top honours for ‘World’s Leading Nature Destination’.

‘World’s Leading City Destination’ went to Porto with the exciting title of ‘World’s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination’ being awarded to Batumi.

Vietnam also claimed the headlines winning five major honours. ‘World’s Leading City Break Destination’ went to Hanoi, ‘World's Leading Nature Island Destination’ was presented to Phu Quoc, ‘World's Leading Town Destination’ was won by Tam Đảo, ‘World's Leading Regional Nature Destination’ was awarded to Moc Chau, with Vietnam winning ‘World’s Leading Heritage Destination’.

Other big destination category winners included Jamaica which took a hat-trick