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Slovenia may be a small country but it offers an amazing variety of travel experiences that attracts adventurers, nature and history lovers from all corners of the world. After a very successful competition "Give me three days of Green Slovenia" in 2010 with winning Adam McRae eco-trip we are challenging you now to discover old stories and legends and create new tourist products, adventures and/or related marketing activities for four selected tourist areas in Slovenia.
a)the tourist product and/or related marketing activity must be based on the story(ies) of one of the participating Slovenian regions. All available stories are at your disposal HERE: Bled old stories , Maribor old stories , Ptuj old stories , Solčava old stories
b)all tourist products and adventures should be aligned with the trend of green and sustainable toursim. If you will integrate “low carbon” dimensions (when applicable) it will bring you extra points.
c)do not forget to include the I FEEL Slovenia brand, its essence and values as described at www.slovenia.info/brand
d)be creative and innovative
e)look for additional ideas at the national tourist portal of Slovenia www.slovenia.info and www.btps.si
Use your imagination for exciting adventures, games, trip, souvenirs, touristic services, concept hotels, theme museums or even food. And who knows, it might be your idea that will attract thousands of tourists worldwide each year to enjoy your adventure.
Step 1 Discover destinations and old stories
Discover Bled , Maribor , Ptuj and Solčava and their old stories and dive into our amazing resources that could ignite the creative thinking. Which destination is inspiring you? What are you passionate about? Brainstorm different ideas for adventures. What unique new tourist products can be created to attract you? How to plan marketing activities for these stories and destinations?
NOTE! You can participate only with one submission so carefully select the story and destination that you are the most passionate about.
Step 2 Create a new adventure
Once you have decided on destination and story, think about what great product or adventure could be developed out of them and what marketing activities could be used for its promotion. Use your imagination to create adventures, games, trip, souvenirs, touristic services, concept hotels, theme museums, marketing activities or even food. It’s good to plan in advance who will be the target customer, is there a market for these new adventures, is it innovative, unique and also how to promote and sell it. Envision how your idea is relevant for the destination and how it could be implemented.
Important – you can contact the challenger anytime. So any question, doubt that something will not work or simply you need more info, please just send via mail box on the right side of the competition page.
Step 3 Submit presentation and idea proposal
Describe your new product with/or related marketing plan on max. 2 A4 pages (max. 5000 characters) for the judges to evaluate and prepare max. 5 presentation slides for the community.
1. text document structure
I. Title of the tourist product
II. Abstract: two-sentences
III. Description of the tourist product (and/or related marketing activity),
IV. Costs of the product design (and/or costs of the marketing activity),
V. Benefits for: a. traveller, b. Slovenia, c. Earth,
2. presentation (ppt) document structure
I slide: Title of the tourist product, destination name, name of selected destination legend/old story, name and country of competitor (also school if relevant)
II-V slide: Free, creative, effective, impressive, memorable
You are welcomed to add any photo, scheme, design, or slide style that you wish. Be creative!
Important - You will receive support and feedback and you will be able to resubmit your edited idea anytime until the end of submission period.
Submission 12 Oct 2011 12 December 2011
Community Voting 30 Nov 2011 12 Dec 2011
Expert Judging 13 Dec 2011 17 Jan 2012
Winners announced 18 Jan 2012
1. C:F community will vote for your submission with “thumbs up” from 30 November - 12 December 2011 – and will be able to post comments.
2. For each of the four destinations, 3 solutions by Judges and 2 solutions with most community votes are selected for the Expert Judging Panel (20 solutions together)
3. The Expert Judging Panel will then select 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place among the 20 solutions.
1st place - fully paid scholarships for attending C:F Academy and Summit 2012 in Slovenia. The estimated amount of scholarship is EUR 2.500 (covering travel costs from your international airport, local transport, accommodation, meals and all programs)
2nd place - participation at the C:F Academy and Summit 2012 (accommodation, program and up to 400 EUR for travel costs)
3rd place - participation at the C:F Academy and Summit 2012 (accommodation, program and up to 200 EUR for travel costs)
All authors
Ideas of winners will be published at the Bank of Tourism Potentials in Slovenia in order to enable wider public to see the results and get in touch with the authors
Speaking opportunities at prominent events: the (3) winners will get the chance to present their idea in front of all C:F Academy attendees.
Sparks! Each of the 3 Scholarship Winners will receive 1,000 Sparks.
Important - Only one person will receive the scholarship per selected solution. However, you are allowed to form a team if wished.
All applicants must be registered on C:F platform and be 18-30 years old. Student status is not required.
You can participate individually and/or in the team.
The C:F member who submits the idea is recognized as the team leader.
Re-submission
Re-submission of corrected solution, taking into account community comments, suggestions, and additional team members is possible until the voting starts. Contact us at the Helpdesk!
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