Vietnam nominated for many categories in World Travel Awards 2021

Updated: 08:19, 04/04/2021

Topping Asia in the three categories of Heritage, Culture and Cuisine for two years in a row in 2019 and 2020, Vietnam is expected to be named in more categories in the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) 2021.

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The WTA 2021 officially opened its voting portal at www.worldtravelawards.com from March 30, 2021, remaining open until August 16.

Readers around the world can vote for awards at both regional and continental level, and select the best candidates for the global competition.

The voting portal at www.worldtravelawards.com.

This year, Vietnam tourism is honoured to be nominated for many categories, especially Asia’s Leading Destination 2021, Asia’s Leading Heritage Destination 2021, Asia’s Leading Nature Destination 2021, Asia’s Leading Sustainable Tourism Destination 2021, Asia’s Leading City Break Destination 2021, Asia's Leading Festival & Event Destination 2021 and Asia's Leading National Park 2021.

Vietnam has two candidate representatives in the category of Asia’s Leading Culture City Destination 2021, including Hoi An and Hue.

The attention and votes of a large number of people, tourists and communities will help Vietnamese tourism win precious awards, contributing to promoting its image as a safe and beautiful country to international friends.

The annual WTA was launched in 1993 to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of the travel and tourism sectors.

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