Kenya has been nominated for various slots in this year's World Travel Awards. The awards, dubbed the "Oscars" of the travel industry by Wall Street Journal were founded in 1993 and are awarded to leading hotels and hospitality companies around the world.

This year, Kenya got a host of nominations, which serves as an indicator that despite the security hurdles we have been facing, the country is still viewed as a top tourism destination. The categories include leading hotel brand, leading beach resort, leading domestic safari carrier and leading safari camp.

See some of the nominees for the awards;

Leading hotel brand:

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Hemingways Collection

Kempinski Hotels

PrideInn Hotels & Conferencing

Sarova Hotels, Resorts and Game Lodges

Serena Hotels

Leading beach resort:

Alfajiri Villa Resort

Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa

Hemingways Watamu Resort

Leopard Beach Resort & Spa

Msambweni Beach House

Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa

Severin Sea Lodge

Swahili Beach

The Majilis

The Red Pepper House

Leading domestic safari carrier:

AirKenya

Fly540

Mombasa Air Safari

Safarilink

Tropic Air

Leading safari camp:

Kichwa Tembo Masai Mara Tented Camp

Ashnil Mara Camp

Elephant Pepper Camp

Encounter Mara

Kicheche Bush Camp

Mahali Mzuri

Sarova Mara Game Camp

Severin Safari Camp

Mombasa has been nominated as a leading tourism destination Africa - wide, alongside Luxor (Egypt), Johannesburg (South Africa), Marrakech (Morocco) among other top locations. The full list can be seen on the World Travel Awards website.