Kenpong Travel and Tours Limited won the Aviation Tourism Awards at the maiden National Aviation Awards held at the Movenpic Ambassador Hotel in Accra over the weekend.

The awards saw the crème de la crème in the aviation industry being awarded for their exceptional services.

Kenpong Travel and Tours Limited was given this award due to their numerous domestic tour packages they have been promoting across the country.

Meanwhile Chief Executive Officer of Kenpong Group, Mr Kennedy Agyepong was also awarded the CEO of the year for his contribution in the aviation sector with his company.

Kenpong Travel and Tours got three nominations and won two.

The Chief Operations Officer of Kenpong Group in-charge of the Travel and Tours, Mohammed Alhassan who took the awards on behalf of the company and the CEO was excited over the awards and mentioned that hard work indeed pays.

"We decided not to just concentrate on ticketing and international tourism but rather strengthen and promote local land African tourism and this has paid off, he mentioned." There are beautiful tourists sites in Ghana and in Africa and we encourage people to visit these sites for their tours instead of focusing on Europe, America etc where visas are difficult to get, "he added.

Mr Alhassan hinted that his outfit would be organizing more tours, especially here in Ghana and on the continent to promote Ghanaian and African tourism.