| The SPOT consortium is organised as a
commercial interest association. It emerged for the purpose of
organising faster and more numerous arrivals in Slovenia of
guests by air. There are now more than 30 partners in the
association. Partners contribute funds for the joint promotion
of services in markets where there are low-fare flight
connections to Slovenia. Since the consortium has been in
operation, it has taken some of the credit for the establishing
of two budget air connections to Slovenia. The number of
tourists travelling by air to Slovenia has risen markedly,
something that has also been felt by numerous tourism service
providers in Slovenia. The results of the new features of this
entry are the reason why GIZ SPOT has earned the prize for
innovative achievements in tourism contributing to the greater
exposure and number of people visiting Slovenia, reads the
citation.
This year the Slovenian Tourist Organisation call for entries
for the Sejalec prize elicited 27 entries of innovative
achievements. In June we submitted a pre-registration of entry.
Then 15 candidates were selected to prepare detailed final
entries, which we submitted electronically in September. All the
entries were studied by the seven-member expert committee,
coordinated by Dejan Križaj MA of Turistica, University of
Primorska. The committee comprises a representative of the
Tourism Directorate, a representative of the Slovenian Tourist
Organisation, three representatives of academic institutions and
two people from business. The members visited individual
candidates or invited them for an interview. Then they evaluated
the electronic entries separately, with the sum of all the
evaluations determining the winners. |
