Africa Travel Week Media Awards Open for 2025 Submissions
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2025 ATW MEDIA AWARDS ARE NOW OPEN, HIGHLIGHTING AFRICA’S LEADING TRAVEL STORYTELLERS.
Entries for the 2025 Africa Travel Week (ATW) Media Awards are now open, inviting Africa’s best travel storytellers to showcase their talent. Following the success of the inaugural 2024 awards, ATW calls on travel writers, bloggers, photographers, and videographers covering African tourism to participate. Submissions are free for all media professionals.
The ATW Media Awards highlight storytellers shaping the continent’s tourism narrative. Megan De Jager, Portfolio Director at RX Africa, shared that the awards recognize exceptional travel journalism across categories like hard news, destination features, sustainability, and visual storytelling. New this year is a “Young Talent” category, aiming to spotlight emerging writers, photojournalists, and digital content creators eager to make their mark in tourism.
To qualify, entries must have been published in print or online between January 1, 2024, and January 30, 2025. Winners will be announced during Africa Travel Week, held from April 9-11, 2025. Details about the judges and the announcement event will be shared soon.
Natalia Rosa, CEO of Big Ambitions, PR partner of ATW, emphasized the importance of celebrating talent within African tourism. “This is an opportunity to honor the storytellers who connect Africa’s unique destinations with audiences worldwide,” she said.
Award Categories
- Sustainability Feature Award
- Visual Tourism Award
- Destination Feature Award
- Tourism News Award
- Young Talent Award
The ATW Media Awards celebrate Africa’s inspiring travel stories and the talent behind them, encouraging all media professionals to contribute their unique perspectives.
About Africa Travel Week (ATW)
Africa Travel Week is an annual tourism event held in Cape Town, South Africa, celebrating and promoting the diverse travel offerings across the African continent. Bringing together travel professionals, industry leaders, buyers, and media, the event showcases the latest trends in tourism and hospitality, covering sectors from luxury travel to eco-tourism and adventure experiences.
