Wonderful Indonesia Wins 5 Awards at the 2019 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence

Selangor, InfoPublik – Indonesia’s tourism brand Wonderful Indonesia successfully won 5 awards from 8 categories at the 2019 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence.

In an official statement received by InfoPublik on Friday (26/4), this award was won by Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry at the 2019 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence event taking place at Grand Dorsett Subang, Selangor, Malaysia, Thursday (25/4).

ASEANTA Award for Excellence features 8 categories: Best ASEAN Tourism Photo, Best ASEAN New Tourism Attraction in the Region, Best ASEAN Airline Program, Best ASEAN Marketing & Promotional Program, Best ASEAN Culture Preservation Effort, Best ASEAN Travel Article, Best Hotel Package, and Best ASEAN Cruise Program.

Of those categories, Wonderful Indonesia won 5 awards: winner of the first prize for the Best ASEAN Tourism Photo category, Best ASEAN Airline Program, Best ASEAN Marketing & Promotional Program, and Best Hotel Package. As for the Best ASEAN Cruise Program category, Wonderful Indonesia won the second place.

Tourism Ministry’s Deputy of Tourism Marketing Development I Rizki Handayani explained that this success became a booster for Wonderful Indonesia to achieve the target of 20 million tourists visit in 2019.

"This success improves our confidence to do more, including in achieving the target of 20 million foreign tourists visit," she explained.

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya explained that this award will further improve the image of Indonesian tourism ASEAN-wide and worldwide.

"This winning increases our confidence. We believe we are able to compete with other countries. We are confident that our tourism is indeed the best in ASEAN, and one of the best in the world, "he said.

He explained that the Tourism Ministry had prepared all strategies needed to win this award.

"For example, we prepared the best for promotion and marketing. We always strive to give the best. So this success comes from good preparation," he explained.

The followings are the list of recipients of the 2019 ASEANTA Awards for Excellence Award:

Best ASEAN Travel Article
1st Winner: Cambodia
2nd Winner: Singapore

Best ASEAN Photo
1st Winner: Indonesia (Good Morning Lombok) from ASTINDO
2nd Winner: Vietnam

Best ASEAN Marketing & Promotional Campaign
1st Winner: Indonesia (Co-Branding Wonderful Indonesia)
2nd Winner: The Philippines

Best ASEAN New Tourism Attraction *
1st Winner: Myanmar
2nd Winner: Cambodia

Best ASEAN Airline Program
1st Winner: Indonesia (Citilink Flexi Flight for Customer)
2nd Winner: -

Best ASEAN Cultural Preservation Effort *
1st Winner: Myanmar
2nd Winner: Cambodia

Best ASEAN Hotel Package
1st Winner: Indonesia (Samsara Ubud)
2nd Winner: Malaysia

Best ASEAN Cruise Program
1st Winner: Myanmar
2nd Winner: Indonesia (The Seven Seas).

Reporter Untung S

Translator: SC