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World video travel guide
News • Great Britain • 2012-02-24
World’s most romantic places to propose this leap year
It’s a leap year, when, according to tradition, women can get down on bended knee and ask their dithering partner to take their hand in marriage.
With 29 February 2012 fast approaching, World Travel Awards (WTA) has selected the ten most romantic spots on earth for the fairer sex to pop the question:
1. Taj Mahal, India
2. Lewa Downs, Kenya
3. Antarctica
4. Rialto Bridge, Venice
5. Iguazu Falls, Argentina
6. Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire
7. Sahara Desert, Morocco
8. The Pitons, St Lucia
9. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
10. Snowshill, Cotswolds, UK
Manon Han, Executive Vice President, WTA, says: “Proposing to your loved one is always going to a nerve-wracking moment, especially with the added pressure of being a lady. But choosing a fitting location can go a long way in swaying the outcome favourably.”
“We have chosen destinations that range from the fail-safe classics to some off-beat surprises. For the traditionalists, the Taj Mahal or the Sahara should bag your man. Meanwhile the Kate and Prince William effect has led to Lewa Downs making it into our hotlist. If he’s an adrenaline junky, you could always try popping the question underwater at the Great Barrier Reef,” she adds.
The leap year also coincides with the submission deadline for WTA’s 2012 Grand Tour, a global search for the best travel organisations in the world.
Travel organisations that aspire to be the best in their sector are invited to apply for WTA’s 2012 programme by 29 February 2012. Entry forms can completed online or downloaded from www.worldtravelawards.com/nominate.
WTA, the “Oscars of the travel industry”, is recognised globally as the highest accolade in travel and tourism, and serves to raise the service standards throughout the tourism industry.
The complete list of nominations will be announced in time for ITB Berlin in March. Voting will then open and be carried out by an audience of 217,000 travel agents and tourism professionals from 162 countries, including visitors to WTA’s website.
WTA’s 2012 Grand Tour will include regional legs in Dubai (UAE), Turks & Caicos, Nairobi (Kenya), The Algarve (Portugal) and Seoul (South Korea). The winners of these regional heats will progress to the Grand Final, which will take place at The Oberoi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India in December.
To download hi-res images of WTA’s most romantic places to propose go to www.worldtravelawards.com/downloads/zip/leapyear2012.zip and for WTA logos www.worldtravelawards.com/logo.
About World Travel Awards
World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 19th anniversary, it is regarded as the very highest achievement that a travel product can receive.
Votes are cast by 217,000 travel professionals including travel agencies, tour and transport companies and tourism organizations in 162 countries.
Main partners include Qatar Tourism Authority, BBC World News, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Jebel Ali International, the Jamaica Tourist Board, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, World.mobi, Sandals Resorts and WeClickMedia.
WTA’s global media partner network includes: CNBC Arabiya, Khaleej Times, Trade Arabia, TTN ABTA Magazine, ASTA Network, Breaking Travel News, eTurboNews, Trav Talk, Travel Daily News International, Focus on Travel News, Vox Africa, New Focus Travel Magazine, Tourism Review, JAX FAX, Passport Magazine, Travel & Leisure China and National Geographic Traveller.
This global media partner network has a monthly readership of 1.2 million and a TV audience reach of 90 million.
For further press information contact Anton Santos:
t: +44 (0)20 7925 0000; e: anton@worldtravelawards.com; w: www.worldtravelawards.com
