The BGTW International Tourism Awards (ITA) scheme, brought to you in partnership with Sri Lanka Tourism, recognises excellence in tourism projects. There are three categories:
- Best UK and Ireland Tourism Project
- Best Europe Tourism Project
- Best Wider World Tourism Project
Voting for 2023 has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote.
The list of the finalists and winners are below:
Best UK and Ireland Tourism Project:
- Winner: Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, Glenmoriston, Inverness, nominated by Vivien Devlin
- Cardiff Wine Passport, Cardiff , nominated by Ross Clarke
- Living London History Walking Tour, London, nominated by Ross Clarke
- St James Way, Reading to Southampton, nominated by Jessica Vincent
- Villa Ventorum – Roman Villa Experience, Bruton, Somerset, nominated by Sarah Siese
Best Europe Tourism Project:
- Winner: FLUGT – Refugee Museum of Denmark, Oksbøl, Denmark, nominated by Rupert Parker
- British Normandy Memorial, Ver-sur-Mer, France, nominated by Alastair McKenzie
- Chacho Souvenirs, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, nominated by Ross Clarke
- Narva Museum, Narva, Estonia, nominated by Rebecca Hay
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium, nominated by Mark Bibby Jackson and Victoria Trott
Best Wider World Tourism Project:
- Winner: The Pekoe Trail, Sri Lanka, nominated by Petra Shepherd and Jessica Vincent
- Bedouin Trail, Africa/Asia, nominated by Ben Hoffler
- The International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, US, nominated by Mary Moore Mason and Jonathan Thompson
- The Taproom at the Okavango Craft Brewery, Maun, Botswana, nominated by Sue Watt
- Trans Bhutan Trail, Bhutan, nominated by Jessica Vincent
Nominated projects that haven’t made it through as finalists receive a BGTW ‘Merit Award’. These are:
- International Rugby Experience, Limerick, nominated by Isabel Conway
- Manchester Museum, ‘hello future’ transformation, Manchester, nominated by Cathy Toogood
- Park Hill Tour – Walk the Streets in the Sky, Sheffield, nominated by Ian Packham
- The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland, nominated by Carlton Reid
- POST Houston, Houston, Texas, US, nominated by Renate Ruge
- Shirin Ethno Village, Uzbekistan, nominated by Summer Rylander
- We Don’t Talk About Pablo, Medellín, Colombia, nominated by Steph Dyson
The BGTW would like to express its thanks to Sri Lanka Tourism for supporting the BGTW International Tourism Awards 2023. The winners were announced at the BGTW Annual Gala Awards Dinner on 5 November.
