2013 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Epifanio Lantigua Tourism Awards

Yamira Taveras has won the grand prize in the 10th Epifanio Lantigua Tourism Awards. She writes for Hoy newspaper in Santiago. Anya del Toro of CDN Investiga won the award for the best TV report. Negro Santos of Santo Domingo Invita was recognized for the best tourism documentary, and Millizen Uribe of Hoy is the best in digital media. The sustainable tourism award went to journalists Grisbel Medina and Jesenia de Moya of Listin Diario in Santiago. In the category of tourism on the sea, Alex Jimenez of Primicias was recognized. The best photographer was Juan Felix Sangionanni of Expreso Santo Domingo. The most outstanding tourism reporter of the year in Puerto Plata was Felix Sosa Lantigua, of El Faro. The jury said that Listin Diario was the media outlet that gave the most outstanding coverage to the tourism industry.