{"id":473,"date":"2024-12-31T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fijetworld.org\/web\/?p=473"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:20:02","slug":"fijet-2025-new-years-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fijetworld.org\/web\/uncategorized\/fijet-2025-new-years-message\/","title":{"rendered":"FIJET 2025 New Year&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Tourism Bridges Since 1954 and Making a Difference in Today\u2019s Tourism World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the&nbsp; Fijet Congress what was held on Costa Pacifica&nbsp; Cruise , in a heartfelt New Year message delivered to fellow journalists, media practitioners, and partners, Tijani&nbsp; Haddad, the&nbsp; President expressed both optimism and reflection&nbsp; steps into 2025. Reflecting on the past year, he highlighted the resilience and commitment demonstrated by the National Associations and its media in the world, as&nbsp; a testament to our collective resilience and commitment to tourism&nbsp; media development in&nbsp; the field of tourism. Despite all these achievements, the President&nbsp; acknowledged that challenges remain as well as&nbsp; the need for ethical standards. As the Federation, we remain committed to addressing these issues through dialogue, consultation, advocacy, and collaboration with all members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIJET is the world&#8217;s oldest&nbsp; association of travel journalists, writers , making a difference in today\u2019s&nbsp; tourism world.The Federation also works closely with a wide range of travel and tourism industry partners in the&nbsp; world. FIJET&nbsp; and its journalists celebrate the difference in cultures and communities while forging an ever closer bond between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the success of previous years Fijet proudly invite&nbsp;&nbsp; all members&nbsp; to&nbsp; follow&nbsp; world media travel journalism trends&nbsp; and participate&nbsp; its activities and projects, tailored for tourism industry professionals with the moto &#8220;Working&nbsp; together and shape the future of the&nbsp; travel industry&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EC and Board of Directors&nbsp; Meetings&nbsp; are Fijet&nbsp; cornerstone, to inspire ideas, share insights and discuss the trends and challenges affecting our Federation.&nbsp; EC&nbsp; is planned to be held in spring of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the Board of Directors&nbsp; identified 2025 as a year of potential growth and innovation. Board of Directors adopted Fijet&nbsp; plans to&nbsp; improve media professionalism, and explore sustainable&nbsp; models for public interest journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our members form a dynamic community of tourism media professionals and tourism professionals in media communication Fijet&nbsp; will&nbsp; continue to&nbsp; collaborate across borders to elevate the quality and impact of tourism communication worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fijet International&nbsp; Media Forum, the new Fijet project&nbsp; will be launched this year as the&nbsp; global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers, planned to be held in Tunisia, in spring 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating its 70th year in 2025, Fijet will&nbsp;&nbsp; held&nbsp; the unmissable event for Fijet&nbsp;&nbsp; National&nbsp; Associations and travel media&nbsp; to connect and nurture relationships in Turkiye,&nbsp; early spring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our members working across traditional print and electronic media, our content reaches audiences throughout the world. We gather for fall Congress&nbsp; each year, fostering connections that generate compelling stories and provide valuable exposure for our host sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YJA provides an unmissable opportunity for anyone who wants to be a journalist, but doesn\u2019t have any way in.The Young Journalists\u2019 Academy (YJA) as a unique programme for young people to inspire and train them for&nbsp; the newsmakers of tomorrow. In partnership with one&nbsp; of the National Associations organisations, the FYJA 2025&nbsp; will give once again&nbsp; aspiring young journalists&nbsp; and students the skills and the contacts they need to kick-start their careers in the travel&nbsp; media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden Apple Award &#8220;La Pomme d&#8217;Or&#8221; or &#8220;The Golden Apple&#8221; is the FIJET equivalent of the Oscar. This award for excellence is presented each year to an organization, country, city, or person. One of the awards for excellence 2025&nbsp; is planned to be&nbsp; presented to the City of Ljubuski, Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International&nbsp; Photo&nbsp; Exhibition is a natural progression for amateurs and professionals to show the world their photographic work. It has the potential for sales, or finding future collaborations. Fijet&nbsp; Internation Photo Exhibition organized by&nbsp; Fijet Slovakia will&nbsp; open its door&nbsp;&nbsp; in Plestany, Slovakia in June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our awards programs recognize excellence in travel journalism and highlight extraordinary travel experiences.Our membership includes award-winning travel writers, editors, columnists, photo journalists, reporters, broadcasters, book authors, bloggers and online content producers. Each year Fijet&nbsp; Croatia&nbsp;&nbsp; nominates international members for&nbsp; the awards&nbsp; &#8220;Antonio Conte&#8221; on&nbsp; International Festival of Tourism, what will be held in Solin, Croatia, 13-16 November. The International&nbsp; Event \u201eMarco Polo 2025&nbsp; for the best&nbsp; reportages&nbsp; will&nbsp; be&nbsp;&nbsp; held in&nbsp; Zagreb, Croatia, at the begining of&nbsp; December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership&nbsp; provides access to FIJET extensive international network, professional development opportunities, and global platforms for content sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our&nbsp; membership&nbsp;&nbsp; will&nbsp; continue to be open for all&nbsp; who&nbsp; want&nbsp; to represent&nbsp; travel journalism and serve in tourism&nbsp; promotion&nbsp; more than just organizational affiliation,&nbsp; to be loyal&nbsp; to&nbsp; Fijet&nbsp; Federation and its&nbsp; commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marijana&nbsp; Rebic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary&nbsp; General<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Tourism Bridges Since 1954 and Making a Difference in Today\u2019s Tourism World During the&nbsp; Fijet Congress what was held on Costa Pacifica&nbsp; Cruise , in a heartfelt New Year message delivered to fellow journalists, media practitioners, and partners, Tijani&nbsp; Haddad, the&nbsp; President expressed both optimism and reflection&nbsp; steps into 2025. 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