{"id":4050,"date":"2024-06-05T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istrainspirit.dev.webencore.net\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:56:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istrainspirit.hr\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4050\" class=\"elementor elementor-4050 elementor-4034\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0fde85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0fde85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a5171 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14a5171\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2521a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2521a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Istra Inspirit is a multi-awarded tourism project in Istria that enriches the cultural and tourist offer of the peninsula<\/strong>\u00a0with the revival of historical events on authentic locations, through staged Istrian legends and myths. The Administrative Department for Tourism of the Region of Istria has promoted the development of the Istra Inspirit project since 2012 in cooperation with the Istrian Tourism Development Agency, IRTA and Istria Tourist Board.<\/p>\n<p>Istra Inspirit is an example of best practice of creative and innovative tourism and underlines\u00a0<strong>the value of existing unused resources of cultural and historical heritage of the region<\/strong>\u00a0and finds innovative ways of involving different stakeholders in the tourism industry in order to \u00a0create tourist packages and new tourism products.\u00a0<strong>Quality, originality, innovation and sustainability<\/strong>\u00a0are the main characteristics that make this project distinctive and its \u2018know-how\u2019 recognizable, the aim of which is to be transferred to the stakeholders and create with them the story of the destination. Furthermore, the goal is to achieve the active networking of all the interested publics in the synergy of the creation of tourism destinations \u2013 family farm households, students, local communities, actors, artists and musicians, craftsmen and local tourist boards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 100th session of the UNWTO<\/strong>\u00a0Executive Council was held in Rovinj in May 2015 for whose members<strong>\u00a0Istra Inspirit had the opportunity to perform its experiences; after that Istra Inspirit was listed in the hundred best tourism stories in the world in the renowned publication issued by the World Tourism Organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd501bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd501bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016781f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"016781f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Istra Inspirit was invited by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival to present Istria and Croatia at the festival \u2018Open word, open world\u2019 held in Edinburgh in October<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a02017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Istra Inspirit has been recognized as an innovative, creative and promising project and has been awarded many distinguished rewards. As an important cultural tourism product it has been awarded with prestigious awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CBTour<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the award for the best creative program of Croatian business tourism in 2012;<\/li>\n<li><strong>MRAK (Network for Development and Creativity)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 an award for the most creative and innovative tourism product in 2012;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simply the Best<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 award from the UHPA and magazine Way to Croatia for a creative and innovative approach to creating tourism offers in 2012;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golden Goat 2012 \/ Capra d\u2019oro 2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 for the best innovative product in Istrian Region;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golden Zoom Awards<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Best Marketing Campaign for tourist destination in 2013;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201eXVIII edici\u00f3nConcurso al mejorproducto de turismo\u201d, FITUR, Madrid<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 nomination for the best international tourist product;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Creative Tourism Awards<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the most creative event in 2014. \u2013 awarded by Creative Tourism Network in 2015;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018European Cultural Tourism Network\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Contributions by Cultural and Creative Industry Category 3rd prize, registration with Reviving cultural and historic heritage of Istria through cultural tourism;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conventa Best Event Award 2019\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 finalists of the international B2C competition held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presentation about Istra Inspirit can be downloaded here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istrainspirit.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ISTRA-INSPIRIT-PRESENTATION.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ISTRA INSPIRIT PRESENTATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c466ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c466ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6bd1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6bd1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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In order to maximize the value of Istria as cultural tourism destination and resources of cultural-historical and traditional heritage due to its valorization and promotion, from the very beginning of the project it was necessary to provide top quality artist performers with multiple skills, talents and abilities such as\u00a0<b>acting, music, dancing, juggling, walking on sticks, fire \u2013 eating, silk dance\u00a0<\/b>so that the audience can enjoy a complete interactive experience in the living history concept.<\/p>\n<p><b>The challenge of a new cultural tourism product<\/b>, which characteristic was to take place in authentic locations throughout Istria, was also to include the audience itself in a performance that requires both the performers and all involved to have additional\u00a0<b>ability to improvise and adapt to each experience<\/b>\u00a0in a different way.\u00a0Over\u00a0<b>600 performances in seven years<\/b>\u00a0since the project exists in which there were\u00a0<b>tens of thousands visitors<\/b>\u00a0involved, say enough about how the project succeeded in it.\u00a0<b>Stories, myths and legends were transferred in a professional way in the form of creative interpretation of cultural heritage.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a682888 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a682888\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4efb96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4efb96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The trust to create the majority of experiences under the brand of Istra Inspirit is given to the\u00a0<b>well-known Actress and Director from Pula, Petra B. 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