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Maldives wins 4 awards in the Indian Ocean Category including the Indian Ocean’s Leading Destination and MMPRC wins the Leading Tourist Board at World Travel Awards 2021
Maldives has won 4 prestigious awards in the Indian Ocean category in World Travel Awards - the most
prestigious honors programme in global travel and tourism, established in 1993 and recognized globally
as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence.
The awards won by Maldives this year includes
- ● Indian Ocean's Leading Destination 2021: Maldives
- ● Indian Ocean's Leading Beach Destination 2021: Maldives
- ● Indian Ocean's Leading Dive Destination 2021: Maldives Along with the awards listed above, Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation has been awarded the Indian Ocean’s Leading Tourist Board 2021. On winning the Indian Ocean’s Leading Destination Award and the Indian Ocean’s Leading Tourist Board 2021 for MMPRC, Thoyyib Mohamed, the Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation stated, “We are extremely proud to win the Indian Ocean Leading Destination Award from the World Travel Awards. It is a testament to all the hard work, effort, and the dedication of all in the Maldives tourism and travel trade, and I congratulate all stakeholders of the industry for this great
achievement. Furthermore, it is a special honor and a matter of great pride that MMPRC has been
selected as the Indian Ocean's Leading Tourist Board 2021. I congratulate our team at MMPRC. This is a
great reward for the team, for the hard work and dedication they have shown during the extremely
challenging times during the last one and half years. Thank you for voting for us. We hope to see you soon
in the sunny side of life”.
Despite the tremendous challenges experienced by the tourism industry during the pandemic, this year’s
World Travel Awards is a remarkable testament to the love and extraordinary effort of tourists from
around the world - World Travel Awards has reported a record number of visitor traffic and engagement
from public voters. This shows that as travel resumes and the tourism sector recovers, the appetite for
travel has never been bigger. Tourists are constantly seeking the very best tourism products from across
the world. As Maldives has won four categories, these awards have never been more valuable in the
marketing of the island nation as one of the safest and top travel destinations in the world.
The Maldives reopened its borders on 15th July 2020. Since then, we have welcomed 555,494 travelers in
2020 and an impressive 923,146 travelers in 2021 so far. We are on our way to cross the 1 million figure
and revive the tourism industry.
These prestigious wins at the 28th World Travel Awards will assist MMPRC in strengthening the brand
image and further enhance brand presence globally. Maldives has secured multiple awards in various
categories over the years including the World's Leading Airport Resort, World's Leading Beach
Destination, World's Leading Honeymoon Resort, World's Most Romantic Resort and World's Leading
Luxury Island Resort.
The destination had also won the famed Indian Ocean’s Leading Destination award 13 times within the
past 17 years.