Winners and finalists

The BGTW International Tourism Awards (ITA) scheme recognises excellence in tourism projects in three categories:

• Best Wider World Tourism Project
• Best Europe Tourism Project
• Best UK and Ireland Tourism Project

Guild members really do travel the world, reporting back on projects and initiatives they think deserve notice. Some projects have cost millions and are well-publicised; others are simpler community projects that take just as much effort and love.

For the ITA, projects are proposed by members. Once verified, nominated projects are put out to BGTW members for voting.

The winners were announced at the BGTW Annual Gala Awards 2022 on Sunday 6 November at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London.

Best Wider World Tourism Project	Nominating Member
Camino del Mayab (The Maya Way), Mexico	Richard Collett
Camping with Custodians – Djarindjin Campground, Western Australia	Nori Jemil
WINNER Community Rhino Conservation Initiative (CRCI), Zimbabwe	Sue Watt
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA	Paul Wade
The Legacy Museum, Montgomery, USA	Stuart Forster
The National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, USA	Mary Moore Mason
Best Europe Tourism Project
Gozo In The House, Malta	Amy McPherson
WINNER High Scardus Trail, The Balkans	Rudolf Abraham
La Ruta del Vino de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands	Ross Clarke
Museum of Amber, Gdansk, Poland	Rupert Parker
ViaBerna, Switzerland	Rudolf Abraham
Best UK and Ireland Tourism Project
First Light Festival and East Point Pavilion, Lowestoft	Claire Boobbyer
Hermaness Hill Path and Welcome Area, Shetland Islands	Diana Jarvis
Irish Museum of Time – Treasures of Timekeeping, Waterford	Isabel Conway
Private Women-Led: Ethiopian Flavours in Shepherd’s Bush with Coffee Ceremony, London	Alicia Sheber
The Famous Blacksmiths Shop, Gretna Green Experience	Vivien Devlin
WINNER The Holocaust Galleries, Imperial War Museum, London	Tina Ediss

The BGTW International Tourism Awards 2023 will be announced shortly.