Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence

Presented to organizations, businesses, and individuals that represent the quality of offerings that make Ontario a destination of choice—innovations, events, employers, and the tourism champions who make it all possible.

Nomination Categories:

Lifetime Achievement Award
Tourism Champion of The Year
Tourism Event of The Year
Tourism Employer of The Year
Sustainable Tourism Award 
Accessible Tourism Award 
Indigenous Tourism Award
Tourism Innovator of The Year - sponsored by Tourism Innovation Lab 

Tourism Marketing & Travel Media Awards of Excellence

Celebrate the excellence and innovation of those who contribute to Ontario’s tourism industry through impactful tourism partnerships, marketing activities, and media relations provincially, nationally, and internationally. 

Nomination Categories:

Tourism Digital Marketing Award
Tourism Marketing Partnership Award
Tourism Marketing Campaign Award - Over $50K
Tourism Marketing Campaign Award - Under $50K
Travel Media Story Award
Travel Media Photography Award

Culinary Tourism Awards of Excellence

These awards are about the passion and excellence of those dedicated to advancing the culinary tourism movement in Ontario; they recognize those who work hard to tell the stories of our growers, producers, chefs, winemakers, and brewers.

Nomination Categories:

Culinary Tourism Alliance Leadership Award
Culinary Tourism Experience Award
Culinary Tourism Event of the Year Award
Culinary Tourism Alliance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award

OTEC Workforce Innovation & Collaboration Award

The OTEC Workforce Innovation & Collaboration Award recognizes a business or organization that has developed an innovative, local solution to a workforce challenge, accomplished through collaborative partnership(s). Eligible organizations should demonstrate how they have engaged with local stakeholders and developed unique connections, leveraged a range of resources, and/or achieved measurable results.

Nomination Categories:
Workforce Innovation & Collaboration Award

Ontario's Choice Awards (Attractions Ontario)

Visitors vote for their favourites in eight categories. The top three attractions with the most votes are finalists for  the Attraction of the Year Award; the winner is announced at the Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence Gala in October 2024.