"As a result of the vote of tourists and tourism industry experts, Moscow won the most important nomination for the "tourist Oscar" — the most prestigious award in the field of tourism World Travel Awards — 'The Best Travel Destination. City", Pronicheva said.
Everyone could take part in the open vote, which took place on the WTA official website. In addition to Moscow, such cities as London, New York, Lisbon, Paris, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro were represented in this nomination.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin expressed gratitude to all those who voted for Moscow in this nomination.
"Moscow is in fact #thebestcityonearth! We have won one of the main awards in the field of tourism ... This year, 19.5 million tourists have already visited the capital, and New Year holidays are still ahead ... Thank you for your recognition! This is a high assessment of our work and of all Muscovites", Sobyanin said on his Instagram.
Planet Moscow: locals chose best images of our city. Let's take a look at them!#Moscow pic.twitter.com/M9DKP2NXuJ
— Moscow (@moscowgov) August 22, 2019
.@ShoppingTrip to #Moscow
— Night2Stay (@Night2Stay) November 21, 2019
Moscow, the sprawling Russian capital, is a city that’s both full of history and contemporary culture. The Christmas Markets are huge and visited by many groups from Europe and China. Gucci, Burberry and more large brands for the best prices. #Shopping pic.twitter.com/2c4hXCgNVt
Beautiful Moscow city #pedalling at #night. Oh God thank you so much for this priceless moments of this life! Outside -10.C simply Love !#TheWorldBikingOdyssey 2004-2020, 191/153 Country in #Russia pic.twitter.com/AENZit1MiZ
— Somen Debnath (@WorldSomen) November 28, 2019
Moscow metro stations are simply beautiful! Not just a means of getting around #Moscow #Moscowmetro #Russia pic.twitter.com/eQz6ZISHbn
— Sarah Curtin (@SarahxCu) November 27, 2019
The World Travel Awards is the most prestigious travel award in the world. This year, there were more than 80 WTA nominations, such as the best hotels, airlines, tour operators, cities, resorts, attractions and others. In total, over 1,000 participants were presented in various nominations.
