Application for the Annual Awards in Tourism is underway

04 November 2016

As of today (04.11.2016) the Ministry of Tourism is accepting application for the Annual Awards in Tourism. Application will take place via the online platform www.tourismawards.bg, describing all eligibility conditions for would-be participants.

The major categories for which organization and businesses will be able to file application forms are: Tourist Attraction/Tourism Site, Tourism Event, Spirit of Bulgaria, Specialized Tourism, „Tourism Destination, Innovations.

Media representatives will be eligible to apply in the following categories: 2016 Journalism Report on Tourism in Bulgaria in a print media; 2016 Journalism Report on Tourism in Bulgaria on radio; 2016 Journalism Report on Tourism in Bulgaria on TV; 2016 Journalism Report on Tourism in Bulgaria in an online media; 2016 Publication on Tourism in Bulgaria in an online blog.

Municipalities will be eligible to apply in the following categories: Top 2016 Municipality for Mountain Tourism, Top 2016 Municipality for Maritime Tourism, Top 2016 Municipality for balneo & spa tourism, Top 2016 Municipality for Cultural-Historical Tourism.

The deadline to file all application is 20 November. Applicants in the main categories will be evaluated as per an elaborated methodology and scorecards, in accordance with the World Tourism Organization criteria. Once the evaluation process is finished, the expert committee will nominate 10 finalists in each of the following categories Tourist Attraction/Tourism Site, Tourism Event, Spirit of Bulgaria, and Specialized Tourism. 6 finalists each will be nominated for the categories Tourism Destination and Innovations. As many municipalities will qualify for the competition’s last stage in the relevant categories. All finalists will be announced on the site www.tourismawards.bg, with everyone being able to vote for their favourite over the course of 1 month.

Winners in the artistic categories – publication in a media, internet publication and blog will be selected solely via online voting on www.tourismawards.bg, with all eligible materials supplied to be admitted for participation.

The special award will The Choice of Bulgarians. People will be able to vote in that category online for their favourite location out of the 100 National Tourism Sites and the 50 Less Known Tourism Sites in Bulgaria. If the preferred site falls in neither category of tourism sites, users will be able to vote via elective text for a randomly selected site. Each site that receives at least 10 votes will automatically be included as being listed on the platform and will compete on equal footing with all other sites. The winner in this category will be selected solely based on online voting, with no other evaluation to be performed.

Wining participants will be announced during a dedicated ceremony in December. The initiative’s official media partners are 24 Chasa, Bulgaria on Air, Darik Radio, Focus Radio, Focus Information Agency, the websites economic.bg and kmeta.bg.

The competition’s purpose is to encourage development of Bulgarian tourism via promotion of tourism sites and destinations and enhance the tourism service’s competitiveness and quality. The competition will also promote implementation of innovative practices in the industry for the purpose of achieving higher efficiency in the offering of tourism services. The idea is for the competition to enable participants in the industry to participate actively year in, year out, and thus get deserved recognition for their efforts in presenting and improving the Bulgarian tourism product.

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