Today, to mark World Tourism Day, Tiqets - the leading online booking platform for museum and attraction experiences, announced the seven UK winners for the sixth annual Remarkable Venue Awards (RVAs), which celebrates the best museums and attractions in the UK, US, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and for the first time - venues in Germany, Portugal and the UAE.

20 UK museums and attractions competed across the seven award categories, and the UK winners are as follows:

Most Remarkable Venue - recognises the venues that draw the largest crowds and receive the highest-rating

• Windsor Castle

Best Museum - recognises the best-rated museums and art galleries

• The Postal Museum

Best Attraction - recognises the best-rated attraction (including theme parks, zoos and aquariums, and observation decks)

• RHS Garden Wisley

Best Landmark - recognises the best-reviewed cathedrals, churches, castles, palaces, historical or iconic landmarks

• Stamford Bridge - Stadium Tours

Best Onsite Experience - recognises the venues that offer the best onsite experience, staff interaction and information at the venue

• Western Approaches HQ

Best Hidden Gem - recognises the unique or niche attractions that may be off the beaten path, but always stun their visitors

• Hidden London, Exclusive Tours by London Transport Museum

Most Innovative Venue - recognises the museums and attractions that are pushing the industry boundaries forward through creative marketing strategies, new technology, sustainable initiatives, or other means.

• Mercat Tours

From Barcelona's Casa Batlló to Dubai's towering Dubai Frame, this year's winners in the Most Remarkable Venue category represent the best the tourism industry has to offer. Here's a sampling of this year's winners from the other regions: 

• France: Fondation Louis Vuitton
• Germany: Alte Nationalgalerie
• Italy: Il Duomo di Milano
• Netherlands: Rijksmuseum
• Portugal: Oceanário de Lisboa
• Spain: Casa Batlló
• UAE: Dubai Frame
• USA: Titanic Museum Attraction Pigeon Forge

The full list of winners, and more information about the Remarkable Venue Awards, can be found here.

“The theme for this year's World Tourism Day is rethinking tourism, a topic we consider almost daily in our mission to make culture more accessible. Each of the winners of the 2022 Remarkable Venue Awards showcases an industry-leading experience that is setting the standard for the future of tourism. We're so proud to work with these venues and to be celebrating them with our award series,” says Tiqets CEO Laurens Leurink.

The selection of the winners is based on 1.1M+ customer reviews on Tiqets.com, with the exception of the Best Hidden Gem and Most Innovative Venue awards, which are based on applications evaluated by a panel of judges. Industry experts on the judging panel include Arival CEO Douglas Quinby, Viajes National Geographic Web Director Javier Zori, MuseumNext Founder Jim Richardson, and Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions Destination Development Manager Anouk van Eekelen.

Help Tiqets uncover the 2022 Remarkable Venue Awards Global Winners

Now that the Regional Winners have been announced, the next round of the Remarkable Venue Awards begins: the race for the title of Global Winner. All Regional Winners have been automatically entered into the competition to win the title of Global Winner in their category. To become a Global Winner, venues will have to be voted best in their category, which will be decided by a round of consumer voting between now and 19 October 2022.

This year, the Global Winners of the 2022 Remarkable Venue Awards will be announced at the annual awards ceremony hosted at the Tourism Innovation Summit (TIS). Those who can't make it to Seville can tune in to the free livestream of the event.

For more information about attending the event, in person or online, visit: https://www.tiqets.com/venues/remarkable-venue-awards.

Alexis Peppis, Tiqets Regional Director Northern Europe, is available for comment and interview.

For media enquiries contact Barry at barry@goshpr.co.uk

Images of the UK winners available here

More about the Remarkable Venue Awards

The Remarkable Venue Awards celebrates seven categories of awards in nine countries worldwide. Since 2017, the awards have recognised museums and attractions in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For the first time this year, the awards program will also include Germany, Portugal, and the United Arab Emirates.

The Tiqets Remarkable Venue Awards were established to recognise and celebrate the best attractions and museums in the most-visited countries around the world. The first Remarkable Venue Awards ceremony was hosted in Paris and this year's event will be hosted at the Tourism Innovation Summit in Seville on November 2nd, 2022.

About Tiqets

Tiqets' mission is to make culture more accessible by making it easier for more people to discover more ways to culture. From the start in 2014, the company has connected millions of people to museums and attractions with instant, last-minute, and mobile tickets. Tiqets works with both hidden gems and top museums and attractions all over the world.

The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and now employs 170+ people worldwide, including in Amsterdam (HQ) as well as Seattle, Las Vegas, Orlando, Philadelphia, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Osaka. More information can be found on Tiqets.com.