Awards and Citations
- Best Tourism Event of the Philippines, 2006 - Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP)
- Best Tourism Event of the Philippines, 2007 - Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP)
- Best Tourism Event of the Philippines, 2008 - Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP)
- 1st ATOP Hall of Fame Best Tourism Event Awardee, 2009 - Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP)
- Best Practices of the City Government, 2009 - Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA)
- Best Executing Strategy, October 2009 - Palladium Asia Pacific Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame - Palladium Asia Pacific Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Best Practice in the Promotion of the Localization of the Millennium Development Goals, 2007- United Nations Development Programme, CityNet Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal
- Best Practice in Public and Private Cooperation - Asian Development Bank
- Festival with Excellent Folk Choreography, National Commission for the Culture and the Arts
- 2nd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2003
- Grand Champion, Aliwan Festival, 2004
- 3rd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2005
- 2nd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2006
- 2nd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2007
- 2nd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2008
- 3rd Place, Aliwan Festival, 2009
- Grand Champion, Aliwan Festival 2010
- Grand Champion, Aliwan Festival, 2011
- Grand Champion, Aliwan Festival, 2012
- Resolution No. 120 “Commending Iloilo City for Emerging as the Festival Grand Champion at the 2011 Aliwan Fiesta Street Dancing Competition”. June 1, 2011 - Philippine House of Representatives
- Best Attraction Event of the Homeland to America - Philippine Independence Day Celebration in New York June 5, 2011
- Queen Festival of the Philippines, 2011 - Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP)
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