The first winner of the newly established ABUJET award in the name of Maxim Minchev is Maggie Gigova. The prize was presented in the MaxiM Hall of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) by the Secretary General of ABUJET and member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers (FIJET) Plamen Starev in the presence of many official guests, intellectuals, representatives of Bulgarian culture and tourism, writers, journalists and friends of Maxim Minchev.
President of ABUJET for over 15 years, Maxim Minchev (1953-2020), former Director General of BTA, was among the long-standing members of the association. As a journalist, writer and traveler who has visited over 140 countries, M. Minchev has published 13 books with travelogues and impressions from all over the world.
The ABUJET Award is established for a journalist or writer actively working to... more
The Bulgarian Association of Travel Journalists and Writers (ABUJET) has established an award in honour of the late Maxim Minchev, long-time director general of the Bulgarian News Agency and ABUJET president, traveler and storyteller. The first award will be presented in the BTA’s MaxiM Hall on June 5, which is Minchev's birthday.
The winners will be journalists and writers actively working to fulfill the goals of ABUJET to help explore the world, including Bulgaria, and to tell about it in the language of international tourism, ABUJET Secretary General Plamen Starev said.
The deadline for submitting nominations has expired and each ABUJET member had the opportunity to nominate a colleague considered most worthy of being the first recipient of the award. A seven-member jury will determine the winner.
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The 58th Congress of World Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers (FIJET) was held in Tunisia. Tourism authors and journalists from 23 countries participated to the congress at Tunisia Sheraton Hotel.
Tunisian Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi Rekik made a very meaningful speech at the congress and said: “We are proud that the FIJET Congress is being held in our country. We see and appreciate that FIJET works extremely actively to contribute to world tourism. Sustainable tourism is the common goal of all of us. We will make our best to leave a beautiful world for next generations. Tourism contributes to the world economy and peace seriously.”
The FIJET President Tijani Haddad pointed out that tourism is an important actor of tolerance and success in the world. He signified that tourism should be permanent and said: “While working in the field of tourism, we must... more
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