 St. Lucia as a tourism destination continues to dominate the global scene despite the impact of COVID-19. The island is up for major accolades in the 28th Annual World Travel Awards. More from Jesse Laos. St. Lucia has been nominated for six prestigious titles in the 28th Annual World Travel Awards, including Caribbean's Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Luxury Island Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Nature Destination 2021, and Caribbean's Leading Honeymoon Destination 2021. Jarene Georges is the St. Lucia Tourism Authority's Public Relations Manager. Now the World Travel Awards is a global initiative to really recognize and reward excellence in the travel and tourism industry. And travel and tourism professionals and consumers globally are invited to vote for the brands that they consider to be the best worldwide. And so the nominee gaining the most votes will be awarded the winner. So with the 2021 nominations, of course, St. Lucia is eager to add more titles to her prestigious list of accolades. And as we know in 2009, the destination captured the title of Caribbean's Leading Travel Personality. And from 2009 has continuously won the title of Caribbean as well as World's Leading Honeymoon Destination with the most recent honor being in 2020. Minister for Tourism Honorable Dominic Ferre indicated, quote, All efforts made toward the advancement of the destination are to be recognized as a collective. And so we thank our service providers and the people of St. Lucia for continuing to place the destination among mechers of the tourism travel industry. We are optimistic that new titles would be attributed to St. Lucia and look forward to what lies ahead. The Public Relations Manager noted that service providers were also nominated. Service providers across St. Lucia have also been nominated for several prestigious Caribbean titles. And that includes Caribbean Leading Booty Resort, Caribbean Leading Destination Management Company, and Caribbean's Leading Honeymoon Resort. And several are also vying for titles of the island's best. And that is St. Lucia's Leading Currency Company, St. Lucia's Leading Beach Resort, St. Lucia's Leading Hotel, St. Lucia's Leading Resort, St. Lucia's Leading Destination Management Company, St. Lucia's Leading Tour Operator, and St. Lucia's Leading Travel Agency. Now you must register to vote. And voting is now open through August 2, 2021, on the World Travel Awards website. Voting is easy. They are listed by country as well as by the various categories. And so this is very easy. Voting is open through to August 2, 2021. The World Travel Awards Grand Final Ceremony will take place on October 12, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. For the Government Information Service, I am Jensie Léonce.