Press Release – Belize Tourism Board
Belize Voted Among World’s Best Destinations By Travel And Leisure Readers
Belize City, Belize – June 14, 2012 – The results are in and according to the readers of Travel and Leisure magazine, Belize ranks among the world’s best destinations in 2012. Just released to the Belize Tourism Board by the editors of the Travel and Leisure magazine, this August, Belize will be featured in three places; Travel and Leisure magazine, the official website TravelandLeisure.com, and in the I-pad edition of the publication. “It is always an honour to see and know that our beautiful Belize continues to be recognized world-wide for all it has to offer,” said Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism and Culture.
Travel and Leisure is one of the world’s most recognized magazines. Published 12 times a year, the publication has just shy of five million readers. As for the World’s Best Awards, every August since 1995, these awards have been determined by an annual reader survey which asks travellers and travel providers to rate destinations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, river cruises, and car-rental companies.
Since January of 2012, Belize has received a number of recognitions from a variety of publications around the world including leading travel web and social media sites, magazines and newspapers.
To learn more about some of the accolades Belize has received or to see some of the international marketing efforts in place, visit www.travelbelize.org or contact the Marketing Department at the BTB at 227-2488.
