Marco Polo Award Ceremony 2024
Traditional 14th Marco Polo Award Ceremony 2024 for the best travel reportages was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 2nd of December.
Celebreting two anniversaries, 70 Years of Fijet promoting tourism in the world and 60 years of Fijet Croatia serving international and domestic tourism .The Marco Polo Event was held in the great Advent atmosphere.
The Event brings together guests of honor, sponsors, partners, awarded journalists, Fijet international tourism journalists and many Fijet Croatian journalists and members.
The role of awards and public recognition is important. Awards do not only acknowledge success, they recognise many other qualities.
An media award helps a winner stand out for excellence in the media industry, given the contributions and impact awards that have on journalists, especially regional, local tourism.
The Fijet Journalists Award Committee, composed by respectable Croatian journalists Ante Gavranovic, Zeljko Zutelija, Jadranka Rilovic, Marija Baric and Branko Uvodic have recognized excellent achievements in travel journalism in Croatia, selecting and awarding the best coleagues and making a great job.
The first prize Marko Polo Grand Prix for domestic travel articles is given to Mr. Bozo Skoko and Zvonimir Frka Petesic, the authors of one excellent book „Croatia in 30 stories“, what many international tourists and vistour bought during the stay or holiday in Croatia.
The first prize Marco Polo Grand Prix for international journalist , is given to Maja Zagoricnik and Iztok Skofic, the authors of TV Film about Tunisia as a host country for Fijet Congress held in 2023.
Philip Nicolaides is awarded by MP Plaques for the best reportages about Zagreb.
Six Marco Polo medals „Marco Polo“ went to domestic journalists for the excellence, to journalists who published travel articles, stories of Croatian regions, people, customs and traditions, undiscovered and interesting destinations, to be used by tourism professionals as an incentive for new content, tourism offer or as motivation for tourists and media promotion of new tourism products and content, specially in the new trends and conditions of tourism future.
In 2020 Fijet Croatia launched the award for the Tolerance, to those who champion and live tolerance within their communities and across the globe as a means of fostering intercultural communication, underscoring the importance of tolerance open dialogue achieving world peace based on universal human values. Fijet Tolerance Award 2024 was given to Ms. Sandra Paovic, International Paralympic Gold Medals winner.
The sponsors of the event was: Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Media, Croatian Tourist Office,Tourist Offices Zagreb and Korcula, Croatia Airlines, Hotel Esplanade, Nimco Company, Tourist Office St. Ivan Zelina, Donators - Serdar Foundation, Abi Shalabi Foundation and Pavo Jerkovic and Villa Neretva Foundation.
FOREIGN JOURNALISTS AWARDED IN THE PERIOD FROM 2010 TO 2024
1.JIM THOMPSON, USA
2.PLAMEN STAREV, BULGARIA
3.GIAN PAOLO BONOMI, ITALY
4.LUIS NUNEZE LADAVEZE, SPAIN
5. MARIA PAREDES, USA AND SOUTH AMERICA
6. GEORGES YOUNES, LEBANON
7. KAMENKO MILENKOVIĆ, SERBIA
8. MARIA DEL MAR GARCIA AQUILO, SPAIN
9. GILBERT MENNE, BELGIUM
10.STEFAN BACIU, ROMANIA
11.ALBINA PODBEVŠEK, SLOVENIA
12.SISSI MUNZ, AUSTRIA (2023)
