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Vietnam tourism wins 16 categories at World Travel Awards

Vietnam's tourism destinations and brands have been named in the top 16 award categories of the 2022 World Travel Awards, with the country accredited as World’s Leading Heritage Destination for the third time since 2019.
Vietnam tourism wins 16 categories at World Travel Awards ảnh 1A corner of Tam Dao (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam's tourism destinations and brands have been named in the top16 award categories of the 2022 World Travel Awards, with the country accredited asWorld’s Leading Heritage Destination for the third time since 2019.

Popular Vietnamese locations also won a series of prestigioustitles, with the capital city Hanoi and Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Kien Giang being named World's Leading City Break Destination and World'sLeading Nature Island Destination, respectively.

Moc Chau district in the northern mountainous province ofSon La won the title of World's Leading Regional Nature Destination, while the HoiAn Memories Land in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city was listed as World'sLeading Entertainment Destination.

The Tam Dao area in the northern province of Vinh Phuc hasbeen recognised as World's Leading Town Destination for its first-timenomination this year.

In addition, many famous Vietnamese brands in the fields of hotel,resort, airline, and travel agency have also won the first place in the awards’world top categories.

The WTA was launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence inthe travel and tourism industry. Heralded as the “travel industry’s equivalentof the Oscars” by the Wall Street Journal, the awards are based on votes fromthe public and travel professionals across the globe./.
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