Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands Wins the Title of Best Island in Mexico, Central and South America by the Reader’s of Travel + Leisure Magazine

Los Angeles, CA –Nancy Novogrod, the Editor-in-Chief and Jean-Paul Kyrillo,VP/Publisher of the prestigious Travel + Leisure magazine, presented Ecuador with the # 1 Island in Mexico and Central and South America in Travel + Leisure’s 2011 World’s Best Awards at the World’s Best Awards Winners’ Ceremony held today at Mr. C Beverly Hills.

The Galapagos Islands were selected by the magazine’s readers through an impartial survey completed earlier this year which allows them to share their opinion of their favorite travel destinations and products.Nancy Novogrod congratulated Ecuador’s Ministry of Tourism’s representatives and expressed her enthusiasm for the country, which she last visited in 2008. Such awards demonstrate that Ecuador’s ongoing tourism promotion campaign, PR and marketing efforts is delivering results and putting Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands top of mind with American and Canadian travelers.   Travel + Leisure magazine is published monthly and reaches a circulation of close to one million readers across the United States.

For more information about Ecuador please visit www.ecuador.travel.