Queenstown has won an international travel award. Photo / Getty Images
In a year where international tourists can't visit Queenstown, the resort has just been named Oceania's Leading City Destination in the 27th annual World Travel Awards.
The awards, established in 1993 to acknowledge excellence across the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark in industry excellence.
Queenstown beat Auckland, Cairns, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney for the destination honour, while several businesses were also recognised.
Blanket Bay was named as Oceania's Leading Boutique Resort and Millbrook Resort won Oceania's Leading Hotel.
In the New Zealand category, Hilton Queenstown Resort and Spa took out the leading hotel award, The Rees Hotel was named NZ's leading hotel residences, Hulbert House, on Ballarat St, was named the country's leading lodge and Millbrook won NZ's leading resort.
Lodge at The Hills, The Spire Hotel, Gibbston Valley Lodge & Spa and Active Adventures were all finalists in the Oceania section, while Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel, Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa and Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown were finalists in the NZ section.
