Tiqets’ Consumer’s Choice Competition Offers Chance to Win “A Year of Free Tickets” to Museums and Attractions in 2021

Tiqets, an online ticketing platform for museums and attractions, announced the winners of the 2020 Remarkable Venue Awards on 9 December 2020. Now, for the first time, these 42 regional winners will go head to head to win a global “Best of” title in their category. 

The selection of the global winners will be based on votes cast by consumers for their favorite museums and attractions. People from around the world can vote for their favorite venues for a shot at winning a year of free tickets to explore museums and attractions near them – and to give their favorite museum or attraction a chance at winning a 10,000 EUR recovery package to recover strong in 2021!*

Anyone can cast their vote to help select the best of the best museums and attractions in the world until 20 January 2021 at the online voting portal.

Nominees per category

The nominees below are the best-reviewed venues of their category in their region based on Tiqets.com visitor review ratings in 2020. For the Most Innovative Venue and Best Hidden Gem categories however, the nominees were chosen from 70+ venue applications by a judging panel comprising tourism industry experts from around the world.

Most Remarkable Venue 2020:

Jameson Distillery Bow St. (UK & Ireland), The MoMA (US), 

Sagrada Familia (SP), Efteling (NL), Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (FR), 

Acquario di Genova (IT)

Best Museum 2020: 

Glasnevin Cemetery Museum (UK & Ireland), USS MIdway Museum (US), Salvador Dalí House-Museum (SP), Van Gogh Museum (NL), Musée des Confluences (FR), Collezione Peggy Guggenheim (IT)

Best Attraction 2020: 

Stamford Bridge Stadium Tour (UK & Ireland), Aquarium of the Pacific (US), Camp Nou (SP) & IDEAL Centre d'Arts Digitals (SP), Johan Cruijff Arena (NL), Puy du Fou (FR), Parco Giardino Sigurtà (IT)

Best Landmark 2020: 

St Paul’s Cathedral (UK & Ireland),  The LINQ High Roller (US), 

Casa Vicens (SP), Skyview de Pier (NL), Château Royal d'Amboise (FR), 

Palazzo Ducale di Venezia (IT)

Best Onsite Experience 2020: 

Irish Whiskey Museum (UK & Ireland),  Titanic museum attraction (US),  Albaola, the Sea Factory of the Basques (SP), Ripley’s Believe it Or Not (NL), Dalí Paris (FR), Catacombe di San Gennaro (IT)

Most Innovative Venue 2020: 

Sherlock: The Official Live Game (UK & Ireland), The Mob Museum (US),  Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (SP), Rijksmuseum Muiderslot (NL), Crazy Horse Paris (FR), Circo Maximo Experience (IT)

Best Hidden Gem 2020: 

Forth Boat Tours (UK & Ireland), ARTECHOUSE (US), Museo Chillida Leku (SP), Youseum (NL), Paris Musées: Musée de la vie romantique (FR), Parco Archeologico di Rudiae (IT)

The winning venues of the Best of the Best competition will receive a marketing package from Tiqets worth € 10K. This marketing package includes a dedicated venue guide, a custom venue video, and dedicated promotion to Tiqets’ audience of 12M ticket buyers.

*The winner of a “year of free tickets” will receive two free tickets to the venue of their choice for each month of 2021.

About the Tiqets Remarkable Venue Awards

The Tiqets Remarkable Venue Awards were established to recognize and celebrate the best attractions and experiences in the most-visited cities and countries around the world. The first Tiqets Remarkable Venue Awards was hosted in Paris in 2017, with winners including the Musée d'Orsay and Fondation Louis Vuitton.

Since then Tiqets has been organizing six regional award ceremonies every year in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, London, New York and Barcelona annually. 2020 was the first year the Remarkable Venue Awards winners were announced during a global, online ceremony.

About Tiqets

Tiqets’ mission is to make culture more accessible by making it easier for more people to discover more ways to culture. From the start in 2014, the company has connected millions of people to museums and attractions with instant, last-minute and mobile tickets. Tiqets works with both hidden gems and top museums and attractions all over the world.

The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and now employs 200 people worldwide, including in Amsterdam (HQ) as well as Seattle, Las Vegas, Orlando, Philadelphia, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Vienna, Bangkok, Tokyo and Osaka. More information can be found on Tiqets.com.