“Wanderlust in Albania”, photos and videos of touristic Albania in an international competition
“Fascinated by Albania and with a strong desire to travel and visit every corner of it”, with this focus the National Tourism Agency and the Ministry of Tourism and Environment announced the International Competition for Photography and Video Reels. Through this competition photographers and visitors passionate about photography and videos will share their images from Albania, to discover and experience together a fascinating journey to the Albanian beauties of the coast, of mountains, cities, cultural heritage, culinary and archaeological sites.
At a press conference organized today, the Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro and General Director of the National Tourism Agency Zana Çela invited photographers, camerapersons, people passionate about photography, but also simply visitors of Albania to become part of the International Competition for Photography and Video Reels “WANDERLUST IN ALBANIA: Photos & Reels International Competition”.
“We are at a moment where the season goes on, we never talked about tourism in November. We have received 8.98 million visitors until October 31, while this October alone had 89% more foreign visitors than Last October. We have continuously distributed on our online pages the beauties of Albania made by amateurs and professionals. But it was precisely this digital communication with these passionate people, with these Albanians and foreigners who share on social networks for their own pleasure, the emotions of the moment that they capture through a phone or through a camera, the emotion they cause is the same, the message conveying is powerful and it was this communication of these two years with these people that led us to this product. Let us give a different, professional, and more institutional gratitude to all this army of talented passionate people about Albanian nature and beauty. It is a project that came very naturally,” Minister Kumbaro said at the conference.
And the Director Çela has shown how the idea for such an international competition came about. “Enchanted with Albania and with a strong desire to travel and visit every corner of it – this trend is especially demonstrating this year’s millions of tourists who visited and continue to do it,” she said, continuing that ” This trend gave us the idea of the first International Competition for Photography and Video Reels where professional photographers and visitors passionate about photography and videos will share their images from Albania, to discover and experience together a fascinating journey to Albanian beauties of the coast, mountains, cities, cultural heritage and archaeological sites, agribusiness, culinary etc.
The “Wanderlust in Albania” competition will be divided into 10 categories, with different themes:
Landscapes (natural, mountainous, coastal); 2. Panoramic photo (cities of Albania, tourist villages); 3. Archaeological monuments & sites (cultural monuments, castles, amphitheaters, museums and archaeological sites or protected by UNESCO); 4. Folklore (ethnography, dance, ritual, tradition); 5. Crafts & Crafts; 6. Agro-tourism & Culinary (traditional foods, hostels, agrotourism); 7. TEA application events (festivals, local parties, concerts, artistic events, exhibitions etc.); 8. Sports Tourism & & Ecotourism (hiking, diving, mountaineering, kayaking, skydiving, flora & fauna, trails, parks); 9. Architecture (mosques, churches, medieval and new urban architecture); 10. Photo-reportage (which tells events from life).
Everyone can easily apply on the website created specifically for this competition www.wanderlustinalbania.al, starting on November 20. By creating a personalized profile with the individual data, participants in the competition can upload all works by defined categories, with a specific title, explaining the place of the year when the photo or video was taken. Professional photographers and photo lovers can send their best works, with original, authentic images, the right resolution for printing and digital use according to all technical, artistic, and ethical criteria. All information is detailed on www.wanderlustinalbania.al
In this competition through a jury of experts will be selected 300 photos and 100 videos of the most beautiful reels from Tourist Albania, with images that inspire travel and tourism, to enrich the archive fund of the National Tourism Agency, as the main promoter of rare nature, tradition, culture, art, and Albanian history, for anyone who wants to visit Albania. Participants in this international competition will have the opportunity to unleash creativity and share the emotions of Albanian magic and win special prizes.
This competition will have two forms of voting, where will be selected 10 photos and 10 best videos reels for each category through a jury of professionals and 2 awards from online voting, for the best photo and video reels from the public eye, voting to be conducted on the official website of the National Tourism Agency (Visit Albania) on Facebook.
The announcement of the winners of the competition will be organized at a Gala evening on December 12.
Just like millions of tourists chose Albania this summer, the International Competition “Wanderlust in Albania” is an open invitation to dream together with the photos and reels for a fascinating and true Albania!
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