iet Nam overcame China, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Macau (China), Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand to win the prize. The WTAwas established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
Today, the WTAbrand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence.
The awards, held annually, aims to honor service providers in such areas as airlines, hotels, reports, travel agencies, transport and tourist destinations.
The WTA is recognized all over the world with the participation of more than 200 nations through a network of communication partners attracting 1.7 million readers and 90 million viewers.
Other Viet Nam's tourist businesses also won prizes at the event includingVietravelfor Asia's Leading Tour Operator, Viet Nam Airlines for Asia's Leading Airlines- Premium Economy Class andIntercontinentalDaNang Sun Peninsula Resortfor Asia's Leading Green Resort.
The number of foreign visitors to Viet Nam increased from 10 million in 2016 to 12.9 million in 2017, up 29.1%.
In the first eight months of 2018, the nation welcomed 10.403 million foreign visitors, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%, including 8,422,300 travelling by air, 1,798,900 travelling by roads and 182,700 travelling by seas.
(Source: VGP)