LONDON - Ua hōʻike ʻia ka 11th Annual World Tourism Awards, i kākoʻo pū ʻia e American Express Company (AMEX), Corinthia Hotels, International Herald Tribune (IHT), a me Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE), i kahi hanana kūikawā ma Nowemapa 11, 2008 ma. Mākeke huakaʻi honua, Excel Center, Lādana. ʻO nā mea hoʻohanohano i ka makahiki 2008, ʻo ia ka UNESCO World Heritage Center a me Kauka Zahi Hawass, Kakauolelo Nui, ka ʻAha Kiekie o nā Antiquities o ʻAigupita.
Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka World Tourism Award no ka ʻike ʻana i "nā hana kūikawā e nā poʻe, nā hui, nā hui, nā wahi, a me nā mea hoihoi no nā hana koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi." Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka 2008 World Tourism Award no ko lākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻoilina kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu, ʻo kekahi ma ke ʻano he hui a ʻo kekahi ma ke ʻano he kanaka.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mea kākoʻo: Mark Roper, VP, Global Merchant Marketing, American Express Company, e pani ana iā Donna Flora, CTIE, VP, Travel Industry Relations, American Express Company; Tony Potter, Luna Nui CHI Hotels & Resorts; ʻO Alistair McEwan, Luna Hoʻolaha Hoʻolaha Nui, New York Times, e pani ana iā Patrick Falconer, Luna Hoʻokele-UK, ʻEulopa ʻĀkau, MEA, International Herald Tribune; a me Tom Nutley, Pelekikena, Reed Travel Exhibitions.
HE WAIWAI O KA HONUA O UNESCO
Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana i ka UNESCO World Heritage Center no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i "ke alakaʻi koʻikoʻi o ka hui, , a me ka paipai ʻana i nā ʻāina he 185 a puni ka honua ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i 875 World Heritage Sites. Mālama a mālama nā pūnaewele i ka hoʻoilina kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu no ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā poʻe āpau o ka honua. Ma ke ʻano o ka hana, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole e hōʻike ana i ka UNESCO World Heritage Sites ma Dubrovnik, Croatia, a me ka Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a me Serengeti National Park ma Tanzania. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ka makana ma ka inoa o UNESCO World Heritage Center ʻo Neville Shulman, CBE, Hope-Chairman, Culture Committee, UK National Commission for UNESCO. ʻO ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Papa mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Ms. Jelka Tepsic ka mea i pani iā Dubrovnik; a mai Tanzania mai ʻo Bernard Murunya, Acting Conservator, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA); ʻO Gerald Bigurube, Luna Nui, Tanzania National Parks; ʻO Boniface Tumbu, Luna Hoʻokele Hoʻokele, NCAA; a me Julius Kibebe, ke Kokua o ke Kuhina no na Waiwai Kulohelohe a me ka Makaikai.
DR. ZAHI HAWASS
Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Dr. Zahi Hawass, Kakauolelo Nui, ʻAha Kūkākūkā Kiʻekiʻe o ʻAigupita, no kāna "alakaʻi ikaika a kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele hou e mālama a pale i nā wahi kaulana kahiko o ʻAigupita, me kekahi mau UNESCO World Heritage Sites." Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi wikiō pōkole ma ka hui ʻo Kauka Hawass ma ka pūnaewele e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i kekahi o kāna mau ʻike koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ka makana ma ka ʻaoʻao o Dr. Hawass, ʻo Mohamed Shawfik, Luna Hoʻomalu a Luna Hoʻokele, Misr Travel, Egypt.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka World Tourism Awards ma ke ʻano o kahi alahaka Steuben Crystal i hoʻolālā ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo PARTNERSHIP, ka mea "e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka paʻa o kahi hui kākoʻo e like me ke alahaka, i ka manawa a me ka mamao."
