Alaska Wildland Adventures (AWA) was recently awarded a Best Tour Operator Award in the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards contest. Placing in the number four position based on votes by the public, this award recognizes AWA’s long tradition of providing high-quality, small group adventures exploring the Kenai Peninsula and Denali National Park. The complete list of winners is available here: https://www.newsweek.com/readerschoice/best-tour-operator/.
The nominations for each Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards category is made by a panel of travel experts, with the final list of nominees chosen by Newsweek editors. More information about the panel nominating tour operators can be found here: https://www.newsweek.com/readerschoice/best-tour-operator.
Once the nominees are chosen, the public votes digitally for 28 days through the Newsweek website and is promoted across Newsweek’s digital assets and social media. At the end of the week, votes are tallied for the Best Tour Operator Award (as well as the other award categories), and winners are notified and announced shortly thereafter. Newsweek is a global media organization that reaches 100 million people each month with news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms and has operated for more than 90 years.
Alaska Wildland Adventures has operated Alaska vacation packages, adventure tours and wilderness lodges for more than 45 years. Founded in 1977 with the goal of sharing Alaska’s wilderness and wildlife with travelers seeking a high-quality, authentic adventure for their vacation, they are proud to continue this tradition as one of Alaska’s award-winning leaders in small group trips. Tours focus on rafting, hiking, fishing and wildlife viewing with a “leave no trace” ethic imparted throughout the company’s programs. Past awards include the 2023 Best Workplaces Alaska Award from the Alaska Journal of Commerce and the 2020 Stewardship and Sustainability Award from the Alaska Sealife Center for the highest commitment to sustainability of ocean resources. More information about Alaska Wildland Adventures can be found at www.alaskawildland.com.
