Themed on "Sustainable development of mountain tourism led by innovation, green 
and ecology," the 2020 "IMTA Mountain Tourism Awards" aim to award concepts and 
methods of mountain tourism in the post-COVID world. To that end, International 
Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) integrates the intelligence and competence of 
IMTA members and other organizations, pools mountain tourism related resources 
and products, in a bid to boost tourism investment and consumption upgrading, 
lead the progress and facilitate the revitalization of the mountain tourism 
sector. 

As of October 31, the application for 2020 "IMTA Mountain Tourism Awards" has 
come to an end. In a month's time, over 100 domestic and overseas projects have 
submitted documents.  The Awards have been revealing its significant influence 
in the culture and tourism industry, greatly recognized by relevant enterprises.

The 2020 "IMTA Mountain Tourism Awards" Expert Jury reviews candidate projects 
collected from across the globe. To demonstrate the awards' authoritativeness 
and objectiveness,  experts from International Organization of Folk Art (IOV), 
World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF), Asian Ecotourism Network, China Tourism 
Leisure Association, International Inbound Travel Association (IITA), The 
Explorers Club etc., have been invited to join the jury. 

After sounding out a dozen of domestic and overseas experts, we set selection 
criteria and procedures and divide 2020 "IMTA Mountain Tourism Awards" into 
"Mountain Tourism Sustainable Development Award," "Best Mountain Tourism 
Destination Award," "Best Mountain Tourism Outdoor Sport Award," "Best Mountain 
Hiking Route Award" and "Best Mountain Tourism Camping Award."

Under the guidance of the Expert Jury, we solicit candidate projects from IMTA 
members, tourism public companies and destination management agencies. The 
orderly management of IMTA and the participation of professional media 
contribute to high-quality mountain tourism projects. We also form an 
international project solicitation team to pool resources and attention, to set 
an example for the mountain tourism industry and regain the confidence to 
revitalize the industry in the post-COVID world. 

2020 "IMTA Mountain Tourism Awards" will integrate plentiful resources to sift 
through high-quality enterprises to guarantee that each award is issued for the 
deserved winner. The Expert Jury will review all candidate projects. The 
winners will be announced at 2020 IMTA Annual Conference to be held on November 
17-19 in Guiyang, Guizhou Province. 

Source: IMTA