Cebu nominated as Asia’s leading wedding destination

Cebu has been nominated as Asia’s leading wedding destination in the 30th World Travel Awards (WTA).

Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco has asked everyone to support the travel momentum in the country by voting for Cebu as well as the other nominees from the Philippines for other categories.

Cebu is pitted against Ko Samui, Thailand; Bali, Indonesia; and Langkawi, Malaysia for the leading wedding destination category. On the other hand, the walled city of Intramuros is again vying for the leading tourist attraction award. Last year, Cebu island won Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction award.

Frasco also announced yesterday that the Philippines is once again in the running as Asia’s leading beach destination at the 2023 edition of the WTA. The country won in the same category during the 2022 WTA held in September last year in Vietnam.

Aside from that, the Philippines is also vying for Asia’s leading dive destination, an award it has earned for four years straight from 2019 to 2022.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) is likewise nominated as Asia’s leading tourism board at the 2023 WTA.

“We are extremely elated upon receiving the news on these nominations at the landmark 30th anniversary of the World Travel Awards (WTA). These recurring nominations clearly manifest the growing global travel demand into the Philippines, one that we aim to sustain in the coming days through the initiatives we have laid out for the tourism industry’s recovery and transformation post pandemic," Frasco said.

Voting for the 2023 WTA’s various categories (including Asia) officially opened last February 20, 2023 and will end on midnight of March 19, 2023. Qualified to vote are travel professionals, media, and tourism consumers.

“I invite my fellow Filipinos as well as our foreign friends to show some love and help keep the travel momentum for the Philippines. Sign up and cast your votes now,” Frasco said.

To vote for the Philippines, Cebu, Intramuros, and the DOT at the 2023 WTA click https://www. worldtravelawards.com/ vote