Events of Russia – 2020: the national award sums up the results
On January 26, the final events of the national award “Events of Russia – 2020” were completed, which were implemented within the framework of the “Hospitable Russia” project.
In 2020, applications from 42 subjects of the Russian Federation were sent for the award. 152 applications (37 regions) were selected for the all-Russian final.
The purpose of the competition is to search for the best practices in the field of event tourism of the Russian Federation at a professional level, help in their promotion.
The Grand Prix was awarded in the following nominations: Culture, Sport, MICE, Event Platform, Development of Event Tourism.
In the nomination “Culture” the winner was the festival of enogastronomy #NovemberFest in the Crimea. The main prize in the nomination “Sport” received Gelendzhik sailing regatta (Krasnodar Territory), in the MICE nomination – International IT-Forum (KhMAO – Ugra).
Winner of the Grand Prix in the nomination "Platform for Events" - Sirius Hotels chain Sochi. The winners of the Grand Prix in the nomination "For the development of event tourism" - the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region - Ugra.
Due to restrictions on holding mass events, the planned regional stages did not take place, and the final and summing up of the results were postponed to 2021.
Oleg Alekseev, President of the National Association of Event Tourism Specialists (NAST), noted: “...the emergence of new nominations and criteria is not only justified, but also a necessary action to assess the flexibility and marketing proactivity of participants in the event tourism market.”
Some nominations and winners:
CULTURE nomination. Concerts and music festivals 1st place was taken by the Arctic festival "Teriberka"Murmansk region). Nominated for Culture. Gastronomic events - the Culinary Festival "Russian Porridge" wonBelgorod region) and "Russian Kladets" holiday (Moscow region). Leader in the Culture category. Performances, theatrical seasons and theatrical premieres - Festival "Theatrical Prikhoperye"Saratov region). Nomination of Culture. Folk festivities and holidays - 1st place was taken by the Festival of the Russian TroikaVologda region).
Source: iz