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Category - Tourism Hero Awards

Selected members in the Hall of Tourism Heroes may be awarded the Tourism Hero annual award.

Shahrzad Moayeri
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Shahrzad Moayeri, Tehran, Iran

6 months ago
Kristijan Curavić:
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Kristijan Curavić, Ocean Alliance SOS, Croatia

7 months ago
Hakim
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I, H. M. Hakim Ali, Bangladesh

1 year ago
Sukhchain Singh
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Sukhchain Singh, Hansali Organic Farm, Punjab Sirhind, India

2 years ago
Yanina Gavrilova,
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Yanina Gavrilova, Head of the Ukrainian Tourist Guides Association, Ukraine

2 years ago
Mona Naffa
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Mona Naffa, Amman , Jordan

3 years ago
Annette Cardenas
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Annette Cardenas, Panama

3 years ago
Gideon Thaler
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Gideon Thaler, TAL AVIATION, Israel

3 years ago
Burkhard Herbote
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Burkhard Herbote, Germany

3 years ago
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Ivan Liptuga, Ukraine

4 years ago
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The Anonymous Tourism Hero

5 years ago
Karolin

Countries

Albania Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Croatia France Germany Guam India Israel Jamaica Jordan Kenya Lesotho Malaysia Mexico Montenegro Namibia Nepal Nigeria Panama Philippines Rep of Korea Senegal Serbia Seychelles SIngapore South Africa Spain St. Lucia Tanzania Thailand UK Ukraine USA Vietnam Zimbabwe

Hero

Gorden “Butch” Steward, Sandals Resorts, Jamaica

When you do good things, do them quietly. This is what Mr. Steward is representing as a founder of Sandals Resorts.  He is the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and its subsidiaries Appliance Traders and The Jamaica Observer. After completing his […]

Tom Jenkins, London, UK

CEO ETOA Tom Jenkins has been CEO of ETOA for twenty years. Tom ensures ETOA’s financial viability and oversees the strategic development of all ETOA projects and practices. This includes keeping ETOA at the forefront of travel industry matters and reporting back to the membership on developments at a European level. Tom said: “We work […]

Mona Naffa, Amman , JordanMona Naffa

We are Hotel and SPA owners and our livelihood is Tourism and sustaining the Sector. We provide the best value for the practical-minded traveler. Destination Jordan is a platform that bridges cultures from the East to the West and vice versa as the co-founder is a first-generation Arab American; raised and educated in California and […]

Manuel Flores, Mexico City, Mexico

Manuel Flores is the Chief of the Mexico City Tourism Police and created the department.He is now working on establishing a national Tourism Police Department. Manuel created a sense of tourism security for the city of Acapulco and then moved onto Mexico City where he has influenced not only the city’s mayor but also has […]

Burkhard Herbote, GermanyBurkhard Herbote

Burkhard Herbote, Editor World Tourism Directory, Founding Member International Chamber of Travel & Tourism, Advisor International Institute for Peace through Tourism, board member of the World Tourism Network, an expert in travel and tourism. Burkhard is behind dozens of initiatives that have formed world travel, and tourism is functioning today. He is a living Wikipedia […]

Shahrzad Moayeri, Tehran, IranShahrzad Moayeri

The World Tourism Network awarded Sahrzad Moayeri the tourism hero title on December 31, 2025 Sahrzad Moayeri serves as Director of International Relations at the Association of Air Transport & Tourist Agencies of Iran—and as a proud member of the World Tourism Network (WTN), she represents a rare blend of professionalism, resilience, and quiet courage […]

Amaka Amatokwu-Ndekwu, Lagos, Nigeria

Amaka is the Co-founder of recently established African Association of Women In Tourism and Hospitality. She is a US & Nigeria based award-winning hospitality professional with a proven history of tenacity, strong drive, passion and leadership for over 10 years. She obtained an AMP certificate from Lagos Business School focused on Business Management & Marketing, […]

Ivan Liptuga, Ukraine

Ivan Liptuga is from the beautiful Ukrainian Black Sea resort town of Odessa in southern Ukraine. It’s known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture, including the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The monumental Potemkin Stairs, immortalized in “The Battleship Potemkin,” lead down to the waterfront with its Vorontsov Lighthouse. Running parallel to the water, the […]

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