World Travel Awards 2020

The World Travel Awards, also known as the “Oscars of Tourism” awarded every year since 1993, have announced this year’s 2020 winners for each continent. The results of the global final awards will be known at the end of November.

The votes, shared between tourism professionals and non-professionals, elected in several categories the flagship destinations of the year and rewarded companies at a national but also international level.

For the South America region :

The most coveted prize, the South America’s Leading Destination goes this year to Chile, which also wins the prizes of the South America’s Leading  Adventure Tourism Destination and Leading Nature destination, with a special mention to the Torre National Park del Paine elected Leading Natural Tourist Attraction!

The year of Colombia

In this 2020 edition, Colombia is doing well on the trophies for the South American continent, with no less than 15 awards including:

– South America’s Leading Business Travel Destination: Bogota

– South America’s Leading Airport: El Dorado, Bogota

– South America’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre: Agora Convention Center, Bogota

– South America’s Leading Beach Destination: San Andres,

– South America’s Leading City Break Destination: Medellin

– South America’s Leading Cruise Port: Port of Cartagena de Indias

– South America’s Leading Culinary Destination: Colombia

– South America’s Leading Cultural City Destination: Barranquilla

– South America’s Leading Honeymoon Destination: Cartagena de Indias

– South America’s Leading LGBT Destination: Cartagena de Indias

– South America’s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination: Santigo de Cali

– South America’s Leading Tourist Board: ProColombia

Peru and Ecuador have also the honor to receive:

– South America’s Leading City Destination: Guayaquil, Ecuador

– South America’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination : Guayaquil, Ecuador

– South America’s Leading Cruise Destination: Peru

– South America’s Leading Green Destination: Peru

– South America’s Leading Cultural Destination: Peru

– South America’s Leading Tourist Attraction: Machu Picchu, Peru

For the Mexico and Central America region:

• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Airport: Cancun International Airport, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Beach Destination: Tulum, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Business Travel Destination: Mexico City, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading City Break Destination: Oaxaca, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading City Destination: Mazatlán, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Cruise Port: Port of Cozumel, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Destination: Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Dive Destination: Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Island Destination: Holbox Island, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Nature Reserve: Río Secreto, Mexico
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre: Costa Rica Convention Center
• Mexico & Central America’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination: San Jose, Costa Rica

Graham Cooke, Founder of the World Travel Awards said, “Our award winners represent the best of Latin America’s travel and tourism industry, and congratulations to each of them. They have all shown remarkable resilience during a year of unprecedented challenges. (…) The World Travel Awards 2020 program received a record number of votes cast by the public. This shows that the appetite for travel and tourism has never been stronger and bodes well for the future of the industry as the global recovery begins. ”

Find all the results of the 2020 edition:

https://www.worldtravelawards.com/winners/2020