{"id":1581,"date":"2017-12-17T07:53:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2017-12-17T07:53:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T07:53:09","slug":"ras-al-khaimah-named-favourite-adventure-destination-in-gccs-premier-travel-industry-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/ras-al-khaimah-named-favourite-adventure-destination-in-gccs-premier-travel-industry-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ras Al Khaimah Named \u2018Favourite Adventure Destination\u2019 In GCC\u2019s Premier Travel Industry Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ras Al Khaimah\u00a0has been named the GCC\u2019s \u2018Favourite Adventure Destination\u2019\u00a0at\u00a0the 2017 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveller Middle East Readers\u2019 Choice Awards &#8211; the region\u2019s premier travel industry\u00a0honours.<\/p>\n<p>The award recognises the major strides the emirate has taken to develop international-standard adventure and activity tourism offerings centred around Jebel Jais \u2013 the UAE\u2019s highest mountain peak which towers 1,934 metres above sea level. These include the opening of the immensely successful\u00a0Jebel Jais\u00a0Via\u00a0Ferrata \u2013 the region\u2019s first commercial\u00a0\u2018iron\u00a0path\u2019\u00a0\u2013 which sees intrepid travellers hike, climb and zip line against the stark\u00a0Hajar\u00a0Mountain backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is particularly encouraging about this award is that it has been voted for by the magazine\u2019s readers \u2013 the people who try our experiences and rate them,\u201d said Haitham Mattar, CEO,\u00a0Ras\u00a0Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA),\u00a0which develops and regulates the emirate\u2019s tourism infrastructure and initiates its domestic and overseas promotions. \u201cWe therefore view it as a resounding vote of confidence in the emirate and our efforts to transform it into the region\u2019s adventure destination of choice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1582 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.-RAK-named-Favourite-Adventure-Destination.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.-RAK-named-Favourite-Adventure-Destination.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.-RAK-named-Favourite-Adventure-Destination-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.-RAK-named-Favourite-Adventure-Destination-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.-RAK-named-Favourite-Adventure-Destination-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ras Al Khaimah\u00a0has been named the GCC\u2019s \u2018Favourite Adventure Destination\u2019\u00a0at\u00a0the 2017 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveller Middle East Readers\u2019 Choice Awards &#8211; the region\u2019s premier travel industry\u00a0honours. The award recognises the major strides the emirate has taken to develop international-standard adventure and activity tourism offerings centred around Jebel Jais \u2013 the UAE\u2019s highest mountain peak which towers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/1583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}