{"id":9087,"date":"2013-03-22T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=9087"},"modified":"2013-03-22T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T13:12:28","slug":"gardenvisit-com-wins-2013-award-for-best-garden-tourism-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/gardenvisit-com-wins-2013-award-for-best-garden-tourism-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardenvisit.com wins 2013 Award for Best Garden Tourism Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We were delighted to receive the 2013 Website of the Year Award. It was one of the Canadian and International Awards handed out during the Garden Tourism Conference in Toronto, Canada. The Garden Tourism Awards are presented to organizations and individuals who have “distinguished themselves in the development and promotion of the garden experience as a tourism attraction. Recipients travelled from across North America and as far away as Japan, France, Portugal, Italy, and Australia”.
\n\u201cIt is an honor to be part of the international community that has established an awards program to recognize the invaluable contribution the world\u2019s outstanding garden experiences make, not only in terms of environmentally friendly and sustainable tourism, but also in terms of the equally important intangible benefits that nature brings to the soul,\u201d said Alexander Reford, Chair of the Canadian Garden Tourism Council as he handed out the Awards. Michel Gauthier, Conference Chair, closed the event by saying, \u201cAccording to Richard Benfield, authorof \u2018Garden Tourism\u2019, more people visit gardens annually in the US than visit Disneyland and Disneyworld combined, and more than visit Las Vegas in any given year. Given those impressive statistics, we\u2019re certainly on the right track as we recognize the country and the world\u2019s finest garden experiences in this vibrant, thriving and rapidly growing segment of the international tourism market.\u201d The inaugural Garden Tourism Awards were presented at the 2011 Garden Tourism Conference held in Toronto. To view past winners, visit: www.gardentourismconference.com and click on the \u2018media\u2019 tab. In the spirit of highlighting Canada and the world\u2019s most dynamic garden experiences and GardenTourism\u2019s limitless potential, the Canadian Garden Tourism Council, in consultation with a Canadian and international jury network, proudly announce the 2013 recipients of the Garden Tourism Awards.
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