Published on : Monday, October 22, 2018
The 2018 honorees will be felicitated for “outstanding initiatives” related to the travel and tourism industry and for “fostering sustainable tourism and developing programmes that give back to local communities”.
The Jordan Trail Association, a Jordanian non-profit NGO founded in 2015, will be rewarded due to its commitment to develop, maintain and promote the Jordan Trail as a platform for socioeconomic development for the 52 villages along the trail, with an impact of $6 million to-date.
To quote the Chairman of the Jordan Trail Association, Ramzi Tabbalat, “This important achievement is a global recognition of the Jordan Trail Association, and places it as a global example in developing tourist destinations into platforms for development, entrepreneurship and support for local communities.”
“Jordan Trail Association is one of the most efficient national institutions in the implementation of tourism development programmes in Jordan and that its progress and development programmes will continue further,” Tabbalat added.
The CEO of the Jordan Trail Association Bashir Daoud said: “The association’s achievement being awarded with one of the most prestigious tourism awards in the world is only the culmination of the efforts of the association’s board and executive team in developing and promoting the trail as an exceptional tourist destination, which is already at the top of the pyramid of adventure tourism in the world, which made the trail a top destination for all adventure tourists in the world,” adding that “the next challenge is to maintain this progress and excellence despite all the challenges”.
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