{"id":27802,"date":"2026-04-15T12:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/dark-sky-alqueva-nominated-in-four-categories-at-the-world-travel-awards-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:34:23","slug":"dark-sky-alqueva-nominated-in-four-categories-at-the-world-travel-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/dark-sky-alqueva-nominated-in-four-categories-at-the-world-travel-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Sky\u00ae Alqueva Nominated in Four Categories at the World Travel Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27807\" src=\"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/web-1920x584_Europenominee2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dark Sky\u00ae Alqueva has been nominated in four categories at the World Travel Awards 2026, one of the most prestigious recognition programs in the global tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The nominations include the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Europe\u2019s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Europe\u2019s Leading Tourist Attraction<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Europe\u2019s Responsible Tourism Award<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Europe\u2019s Leading Tourism Development Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards aim to recognize, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. Widely regarded as the \u201cOscars of Tourism,\u201d these awards are based on votes cast by industry professionals and the general public. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dark Sky\u00ae Alqueva\u2019s nomination in these four categories reflects the project\u2019s impact as a leading astrotourism destination, as well as its commitment to sustainable practices, innovation, and the enhancement of natural and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This international recognition reinforces Alqueva\u2019s positioning as a unique destination, where the preservation of the night sky goes hand in hand with responsible tourism development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Voting is open to the public, providing an opportunity to support and promote this destination of excellence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To vote, please <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldtravelawards.com\/profile-37357-dark-sky-alqueva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">access this link<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, where you will find all the categories in which Dark Sky\u00ae Alqueva has been nominated. To participate, you will need to register and confirm your email address. If you already have an account, simply log in with your credentials (email and password) and cast your vote.  <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Sky\u00ae Alqueva has been nominated in four categories at the World Travel Awards 2026, one of the most prestigious recognition programs in the global tourism industry. The nominations include the following categories: Europe\u2019s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination Europe\u2019s Leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27811,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27802\/revisions\/27811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkskyalqueva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}