Giza pyramids win WTA award

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The World Travel Awards (WTA) chose the Giza pyramids as the world’s leading attraction in 2007 during its fourteenth annual ceremony held at the Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in the Caribbean, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni revealed yesterday.

Conceived in 1993, the WTA acknowledges, rewards, and celebrates excellence in travel. Awards are especially coveted as the votes are cast globally by 167,000 fellow professionals from 198 countries.

Voted by industry peers, WTA is undoubtedly the world's most comprehensive awards’ celebration with trophies given in over 1,000 categories. Attended by top tourism executives, the events are highly regarded and well-established as a forum for bringing together many different aspects of travel and tourism in order to recognize achievements in these fields. The WTA is broadcast by the BBC World and other networks to over 254 million households around the globe making it sort of like the “Oscars of the travel industry.”

Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), was elated about the award.

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Egypt State Information Service

The World Travel Awards (WTA) has awarded the Giza Pyramids the world's best tourist destination prize at its 14th annual ceremony, held in Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.

Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Dr Zahi Hawwas described the prize as equivalent to the "Tourism Oscar" award.

This year, 167,000 travel professionals from 160 countries voted through the internet for the Giza Pyramids, Hawwas added.

Established in 1993, the WTA acknowledges, rewards and celebrates the enormous achievements found in all sectors of the global travel industry.