The Golden Pen Grand Prix goes to France, Poland, China, the Netherlands and Spain

In a beautiful setting Barone Fortress in Šibenik for the 19th time prestigious prizes were awarded "Golden Pen". It is about awards that Croatian tourist agency awarded to foreign journalists, travel bloggers and influencers for the best posts about Croatia as a tourist destination in the past year, and the ceremony was attended by 32 participants from 18 countries of the world.

"The past three years have been very challenging for all of us, especially for the tourism sector on a global level. However, despite all the challenges, Croatia has achieved excellent results and today we enjoy the status of a destination with one of the fastest recoveries in tourism. A strong contribution to this was made by and foreign media representatives, journalists, travel bloggers and influencers, who with their positive coverage helped immeasurably in the promotion of Croatian tourism. audience. So that everything does not remain just words, we are organizing this special award ceremony in order to further valorize their work and importance in the promotion of Croatian tourist destinations.", pointed out the director of the CNTB Kristjan Staničić, congratulating all the awarded participants.

With the director Stanicic and colleagues from HTZ representative offices attended the award ceremony Tonči Glavina, State Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Marko Jelić, prefect of Šibenik Knin County, Krešimir Šakić, director of TZ Šibenik Knin County, Dino Karađole, director of the TZ of the city of Šibenik and numerous other guests.

"The Golden Pen is one of the best and longest-running tourism projects, which is being implemented this year in its 19th edition, and which puts all the beauties and advantages of Croatia as a tourist destination in the foreground. We may be a small country territorially, but that's why we can boast of exceptional diversity and wealth, as well as the significant contribution of great Croatian inventors whose discoveries mark the world today", said the state secretary The hub, thanking all participants for their exceptional contribution to the promotion of Croatia.

bathrobe Jelic during his address to all the participants, he expressed a warm welcome and emphasized that the Šibenik-Knin County is the most beautiful place in the world with extremely friendly hosts, but also with a rich history and tradition, as confirmed by even two Šibenik localities under UNESCO protection.

The most significant award of the Golden Pen is Grand Prize, which is awarded in pet kategorija: for for the best print or online media reportage, for the best radio reportage, for the best television reportage, for the best travel blog and for the best post on social networks.

This year 's Grand Prix winner for the best reportage of the print media je French journalist Sebastien Desurmont whose 40-page report on Croatia was published in a popular magazine GEO as part of which he showed the beauty of the national parks Krka, Brijuni and Kopački rit, as well as Kvarner, Zagreb and Slavonia. 

Grand prix for the best TV report she took over Margozata Dzieciniak iz Poland for a TV show "Pytanie na Śniadanie", which is broadcast on national television TVP2, in which as many as four articles were published about Croatia as a quality and attractive tourist destination.   

This year in China leaves Grand Prix for the best radio reportage, and she won the award Yunzhen HOU sa Shanghai Radio Station, one of the most popular and listened to stations in Shanghai, where a special show about our country was broadcast "Croatian Rhapsody".

Grand prix for best travel blog goes to The Netherlands, he won the award Chris Thomassen, who visited our country for the first time during the winter. On that occasion, he also visited the Croatian continent, and wrote about Croatian Zagorje, Moslavina, Opatija and Zagreb.  

The Grand Prix was won by i Paula Hernandez Paez te Borja Rodriquez Paez iz Spain and for the best post on social networks. Paula and Borja stayed in Croatia for five days, during which they visited Dubrovnik, as well as Koločep, Lopud, Šipan and Lokrum, and they mostly informed their many fans about wine and gastronomy, culture and natural beauty.

Let's add that during the program, the girl from Šibenik entertained all the guests with her inspiring jazz notes Ivana Prgin, and the artist made sure that the prize-winners had a good memory of this award Zvonimir Villa, who made the award statue from an oak tree over 100 years old.

We remind you how they are Croatian tourist agency i tourist board of Šibenik-Knin County i of the city of Šibenik for foreign journalists, travel bloggers and influencers organized a special program of visiting destinations, sights and attractions in the county, as part of which they visited the city of Šibenik, National Park Krka with special emphasis on Roški slap, Skradinski Buk and Visovac, the fortress of St. Nikola, but also the Testament and Baraka wineries and the oyster farm Oyster22.

Source and photo: Croatian National Tourist Board