Korea Tourism Organisation won ‘Most engaging travel events organised by an NTO in the Middle East' at Arabian Travel Awards 2024.
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Korea Tourism Organisation won 'Most engaging travel events organised by an NTO in the Middle East' at the seventh edition of the Arabian Travel Awards 2024. 'It was fantastic, great entertainment, excellent line of awards, and we are overwhelmed because we won in three different categories. We would just make sure that we come back again and we won even more awards. Arabian Travel Awards are highly credible, and I call them the Oscar of our travel industry in the Middle East, so fantastic.'-Glenn Johnston, Representative, Korea Tourism Organization
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