Initiated by tourism practitioners in ASEAN countries, the annual ASEANTA Awards for Excellence recognize ASEAN individuals or organizations which have contributed to the event and promotion of ASEAN tourism products.
It consisted of six categories, 30vol The 2017 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence ceremony, held on the Borobudur Hotel in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, coincided with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of ASEAN.
Indonesia needed to compete with Thailand and the Philippines to host the event.
“The award is usually given to the winners of the ASEAN Tourism Forum [ATF] at the beginning of the year. But this time it has its own event,” said Association of Airline Ticketing Companies in Indonesia (ASTINDO) secretary general Pauline Suharno, who can be the association’s representative in ASEANTA.
This 12 months’s list is 30vol The winners of the 2017 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence are:
1. Garuda Indonesia as The best effort to guard ASEAN culture;
2. Indonesian painting of Agung Prameswara Mount Bromo as The best ASEAN tourism photo;
3. Singapore Airlines SPH Magazine in-flight magazine as The best ASEAN travel article;
4. AirAsia as The best ASEAN marketing and promotional campaign;
5. Shan Yoma’s travels and tours in Burma as ASEAN’s best latest tourist attraction.
Source : TTRWeekly.com, Jakarta Post Office
