Tour operators continue to evolve to meet the needs of today's travelers. Once known for more generic itineraries, the modern-day tour operator provides a broad range of in-depth experiences that give travelers options to go off the beaten path and make deep connections with local people and cultures around the globe.

Scroll through to see the best of the best in 2020 Travvy Awards diverse range of categories.

In the category of Best Escorted Tour Operator-Overall, this year's winner was Trafalgar with G Adventures earning the silver award.

For Best Escorted Tour Operator-Africa, the winner was Abercrombie & Kent and silver went to Trafalgar.

The award for Best Escorted Tour Operator-Asia went to Trafalgar and Goway Travel won silver.

Top honors for Best Escorted Tour Operator-Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific went to Trafalgar and G Adventures took home silver.

The award for Best Escorted Tour Operator-Europe: went to Trafalgar and Insight Vacations won silver.

The Travvy for Best Escorted Tour Operator-Mexico, South & Central America went to Trafalgar and G Adventures won silver.

The gold Travvy for Best Escorted Tour Operator-U.S./Canada was won by Trafalgar and Insight Vacations earned silver.

The gold award for Best Escorted Tour Operator-Adventure/Expedition went to G Adventures and Micato Safaris earned silver.

Best Escorted Tour Operator-Family went to Trafalgar and Tauck took home silver.

In the Best Escorted Tour Operator-Luxury category, Abercrombie & Kent won gold and Kensington Tours won silver.

For Best Escorted Tour Operator-Premium, Trafalgar won gold) and Insight Vacations won silver.

In the Best Shore Excursions category, ShoreTrips won the gold Travvy and Resort for a Day took home the silver award.

Trafalgar won gold in the Best Tour Guides category and G Adventures won silver.

In the category of Best Tour Reservation Team, the gold Travvy went to ShoreTrips and Trafalgar received silver.

In the category of Best Vacation Packager-Overall: the winner was Funjet Vacations and GOGO Vacations received silver.

African Travel, Inc. won the gold for Best Vacation Packager-Africa and Travel Impressions won silver.

For Best Vacation Packager-Asia, the gold Travvy went to GOGO Vacations and Chinatour.com International won silver.

For Best Vacation Packager-Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific, the gold went to Goway Travel and silver went to GOGO Vacations.

Best Vacation Packager-Caribbean went to Funjet Vacations and GOGO Vacations was honored with silver.

Best Vacation Packager-Europe went to Travel Impressions, and Europe Express took home silver.

Blue Sky tours won the gold Travvy for Best Vacation Packager-Hawaii: Blue Sky Tours, and GOGO Vacations won silver.

Funjet Vacations received top honors for Best Vacation Packager-Mexico and Apple Vacations took home the silver award.

For Best Vacation Packager-U.S./Canada, the gold winner was GOGO Vacations and silver went to Southwest Vacations.

Best Vacation Packager-Family went to Funjet Vacations and GOGO Vacations won silver.

Best Vacation Packager-LGBTQ went to GOGO Vacations and Zoom Vacations took home silver.

For Best Vacation Packager-Luxury: Villas of Distinction won gold and Travel Impressions won silver.

Best Vacation Packager-Premium went to Travel Impressions and GOGO Vacations won silver.