Batumi has won the title of Europe’s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination 2020 in the 27th competition by the World Travel Awards (WTA).
Other nominees for the same title were Baku (Azerbaijan), Bydgoszcz (Poland), Derry (Northern Ireland), Kutna Hora (Czech Republic), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Matera (Italy), Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sibiu (Romania) and Sofia (Bulgaria).
Georgia's Black Sea Town of Batumi has won the title for the second time after 2019.