The African Travel & Tourism Association (Atta) has launched its Media Awards for the second year running to recognise the best travel journalism in 2017 and 2018 and highlight the exciting and diverse travel experiences available across the African continent.  

The awards cover a range of online, offline, trade, consumer and blogger categories, as well as an Outstanding Award for Contribution to African Travel chosen by the judges.  With four categories sponsored by Avis, Atta has also added a new award for this year 'Best International Article' celebrating the global appeal of Africa.

Chris Mears, Atta's Chief Executive commented: “We are delighted to launch the ATTA Media Awards for the second year running as we celebrate all aspects of the best of travel writing on Africa. Our worthy winners from last year brought to life Africa's colour, culture, wildlife, nature, vibrant cities and above all the inspirational travel experiences any visitor can enjoy.  We want to build on this and provide an even stronger voice for the African tourism sector in the UK and Ireland by raising awareness of our amazing continent.”

He added: “Following on from the great response last year, we hope to increase the number of entries for 2018 and are urging as many UK based journalists and bloggers to submit their entries as soon as possible.”

This year's awards will cover eight categories to include:

• Best African Travel Trade Article – a news or feature piece (sponsored by Avis)
• Best Cultural Article on an African Destination – focusing on the people, art or places (sponsored by Avis)
• Best Self-Published ATTA Member Article – an article either commissioned or written by the members themselves and published on their own platform (sponsored by Avis)
• Best International Article – online or offline (sponsored by Avis)
• Best Wildlife & Nature Feature on Africa - national newspaper online/offline
• Best Wildlife & Nature Feature on Africa - national magazine online/offline
• Best Blogger/Vlogger/Influencer Feature on Africa
• Judges Award – Outstanding Award for Contribution to African Travel

The entry closing date for the ATTA Media Awards is 31 August 2018 with the ceremony taking place on 25 September 2018.  The judging panel will comprise senior members of the travel industry and established travel editors and journalists. 

For more information on the ATTA Media Awards or to upload a media award submission visit www.attaawards.com

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The African Travel & Tourism Association is Pan-Africa's largest network of tourism product, promoting tourism to the continent from all corners of the world. Recognised as the voice of African Tourism, Atta serves and supports businesses involved in African tourism, representing buyers and suppliers of tourism product with 590 members in 42 countries, 22 are on the African continent.