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Sri Lanka has been awarded the PATA Grand Award 2012 for Heritage and Culture, and a Gold Award for Environment. The Grand Awards have been presented to outstanding entries in four principal categories such as Education and Training, Environment, Marketing and Heritage and Culture.
The awards are supported and sponsored by the Macau Government Tourist Office. This year, the Awards recognize the achievements of 21 separate organizations and individuals. 27 PATA Grand and Gold Awards are being presented this year, with multiple awards going to Hong Kong Tourism Board as well as the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and Tourism Malaysia.
Sri Lanka has also won a Gold Award under Environment for Corporate Environmental Programme of Sri Lanka’s Jetwing Hotels.
The Four Grand Awards have been presented to Lao National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, for Education and Training; Tourism Authority of Thailand for Environment; Heritance Tea Factory, Sri Lanka for Heritage and Culture; and Tourism New Zealand for Marketing.
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 21 April 2012 at The Royale Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the PATA Annual Conference, which takes place from 20th to 22nd April.
Winning these awards will further strengthen the tourism industry in the country as these awards have a great impact on tourism promotion.
