Tourism in the Region Is Promoted by Innovative Visions and

STYLE Tourism in the Region Is Promoted by Innovative Visions and Award-Winning Attractions and Personalities The first year of the Tourism of Moravian-Silesian Region Awards introduced the winners. The official ceremony took place at the Karolina Triple Hall on Friday, Feb. 28th, 2020. Tourist attractions and personalities operating in tourism competed in five categories. What are the results of the competition and who was awarded? Experts in tourism chose the Personality and Event of the year. The Personality of the Year is Lumír Plac, CEO at the Landek Park Mining Museum. The Event of the Year is the Stezka Valaška / Wallachian Treetop Walkway at Pustevny. The other three categories came out from a public poll where the pilgrimage site at the Cvilín Hill in Krnov was awarded the Most Romantic Place, the Kopřivná Resort in Malá Morávka was awarded the Most Beloved Destination for Families with Children, and the Lower Area of Vítkovice the Most Popular Attraction in the MoravianSilesian Region in 2019. attention. People are interested in attractive tourist destinations, and they know where tourists are welcome and looked after with respect. Our aim is to promote wellestablished projects but also motivate more subjects operating in tourism to make their portfolios more attractive. Those who did not qualify in our competition may be nominated in the following years if they improve their services or renew their facilities,” said David Karčmář, CEO of Moravian-Silesian Tourism, organizer of the Tourism Awards of Moravian-Silesian Region, 2019. The competition will continue in the future. “The awarding ceremony drew much This has been a very challenging time for the development of tourism, therefore an on-line campaign, #MameSvetovyKraj (world-famous region), was initiated to support tourism in the region, promoted by a challenge on social networks. Important personalities of the region and all tourists may contribute with their ideas of what the region offers. The principal idea of the campaign is to introduce places of interest in the Moravian-Silesian Region, which may easily compete with great attractions of global reputation, and may bring more visitors to our region. Most of the promoted locations relate to such world-famous places by similar looks but also through extraordinary stories and inspiring personalities. POSITIV 2/2020 ǀ 81