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Saturday, March 05, 2016
EXOTIC: Zanzibar Island, also known as Unguja, is by far the largest and most famous of the islands that make up the Zanzibar Archipelago, once made infamous by the slavery trade, but today Zanzibar is one of most popular destinations for honeymooners.
ARUSHA, Tanzania – Tanzania is to host the 23rd Annual World Travel Awards (WTA) event on the spice island of Zanzibar in April this year.
World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke said: "This is always an exciting time of year for World Travel Awards, as we unveil the nominees for the first Gala Ceremony of the year. As we have come to expect it is a stellar list, incorporating the leading lights of hospitality from across Africa and the Indian Ocean."
The awards were set up to celebrate and reward excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry, each year covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognize and celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical region.
Tanzania has registered a total of 24 entries which have been nominated for the WTA gala, according to a press release from the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB).
Geofrey Tengeneza, TTB Principal Public Relations Officer, said the TTB is also one of the nominees under the Destination category of Africa's leading Tourist Board 2016, competing with the Egyptian Tourist Authority, Gambia Tourism Board, Ghana Tourism Authority, Kenya Tourism Board and Moroccan National Tourism Organization.
Others are Namibia Tourism Board, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation and Zanzibar Commission for Tourism. "Winners in different categories will be announced in the dazzling ceremony that will welcome, hospitality leaders and luminaries from across the regions," reads part of the statement.
Entries from Tanzania and their categories in bracket are Julius Nyerere International Airport (Air category - Africa's Leading Airport 2016) Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar Ports (Cruise category – Africa's Leading Cruise port 2016) Zanzibar (Destination category – Africa's Leading beach destination 2016 and Africa's Leading destination 2016) Mt. Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro crater (Destination category – Africa's Leading Tourist Attraction 2016) Serengeti National Park (Destination category – Africa's Leading National Park 2016 and Tanzania Tourist Board (Destination category – Africa's Leading Tourist Board 2016.
Others are Zanzibar's Diamond La Gemma dell'Est, Dream of Zanzibar and Hideaway of Nungwi Resort &Spa (Hotel & Resorts - Africa's Leading All-inclusive Resort 2016); Zanzibar's BluebayBeach Resort & , Dream of Zanzibar, Karafuu Beach Resort & Spa and Diamond La Gemma dell'Est (Hotel & Resorts category– Africa's Leading Beach Resort 2016).
Also on the list are Serena Hotel –Dar es Salaam (Hotel & Resorts –Africa's Leading city Hotel 2016); SingitaSasakwa Lodge (Hotel & Resorts – Africa's Leading Luxury lodge 2016); Breezes Beach Club, Karafuu Beach & Spa and Dream of Zanzibar (Hotel & Resorts – Africa's Leading Resort 2016.
In addition, others are Zanzibar's Beyond Mnemba Island Lodge and Chapwani Private Island (Hotel & Resorts - Africa's Leading Private Island Resort 2016).
By Elisha Mayallah, Saturday, March 05th, 2016
Source: Zanzibar chosen for travel awards fete
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