LOTTE Arai Resort Wins World Ski Awards -- "2020 Japan's Best Ski Resort"

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LOTTE Arai ResortA was selected as Japan's Best Ski Resort 2020 by the World Ski Awards, which marked its eighth anniversary this year.The World Ski AwardsA is granted by the World Travel Awards, which is recognized globally and called the "Oscar of the travel industry." It is the biggest event in ski tourismA that attracts the attention of ski enthusiasts around the world every year.This year, the best ski resort was selected by an online vote held on the World Ski Awards website for 16 weeks from June 5^th to September 25^th. Ski enthusiasts and experts in the ski industry from around the world participated in the vote to pick the best ski resorts and the best ski hotels in a total of 26 countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea.The selection of LOTTE Arai Resort this year is more meaningful in that it won the honor only three years after its opening, beating Hokkaido's largest ski resort "Rusutsu Resort," which had been named the best ski resort in Japan for three straight years until last year.