Finalists announced for Inspire Global Media Awards 2026

ENGLAND

أدريان فيليبس for I took my entire family on a canalboat holiday – and found the antidote to our hurried age published in التلغراف

Ben Lerwill for An unsung alternative to the Cotswolds‘: exploring Leicestershire’s Welland valley published in الحارس

Caroline Mills for Gorge-ous days out in Shropshire published in Camping & Caravanning

Cathy Toogood for Little-visited Preston is spending £1bn on becoming a cultural hotspot published in التلغراف

John Harris for Wild camping the easy way: how a secret Exmoor trip pleased everyone – including the farmer published in الحارس

Mike MacEacheran for The railway that got the world on track’: a walk through 200 years of history in County Durham published in الحارس

Rebecca Pitcairn for Yorkshire now premium wine producing region published in Great British Life / Yorkshire Life Magazine

Sarah Baxter for Why ancient pilgrimages are back in vogue in the UK published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Sian Meades-Williams for Cream of the Crop published in WIZZ

Yvette Cook for The sleeper train holiday to Cornwall that doesn’t cost the Earth published in المستقل

 

BRITISH ISLES (exc. ENGLAND) & IRELAND

Antonia Windsor for Forest bathing in Jersey, published in Wellness & World

Caroline Mills for Crossing the Border published in Camping & Caravanning

Kerry Walker for When it comes to tourism, wet weather is the least of Wales’s worries published in التلغراف

Lily Canter for Is this off-grid Scottish community the ultimate model for sustainable living in Britain today? published in Adventure.com

Robin McKelvie for I’ve visited more than 100 countries – but nothing compares to this Scottish island published in التلغراف

Rupert Mellor for Wholly Crail published in OutThere Magazine

Sarah Gillespie for More to Morvern published in Scotland Magazine

 

NORDIC REGION

Ailsa Sheldon for Eating the Archipelago published in مجلة السفر JRNY

Cat Thomson for The Faroe Islands: majestic, eerie – and only 90 minutes away published in The Times

Charlotte Wigram-Evans for Shaped by ice published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Joseph Phelan for Inside the distillery crafting spirits on the edge of the world published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Phil Thomas for Are The World’s Most Beautiful Islands In Danger? published in BBC Travel

Sam Haddad for Deserted islands, seagrass meadows and endless ocean: kayaking in Sweden’s new marine national park published in الحارس

 

EUROPE – WEST/CENTRAL/EAST

Carolyn Boyd for Whey to go: is cheese the new reason to travel? published in BBC Travel

Emma Truscott for The European bike trail that hits three countries in a day published in BBC Travel

Emma Gibbs for The real South of France published in مجلة السفر JRNY

Katja Gaskell for Carpooling? On vacation? Here’s what happened on a road trip across France using a ride-share app. published in Adventure.com

Rupert Mellor for Brave new whirl published in OutThere Magazine

Tristan Rutherford for The French city where you can eat gourmet food for €1 published in BBC Travel

Yvette Cook for How women are reviving traditional Seto culture in Estonia published in المستقل

 

MEDITERRANEAN & NORTH AFRICA

Alexandra Pereira for What I Learned About Family From Island-Hopping With My Father This Summer published in Vogue

Daniel Stables for From kasbahs to couscous—how Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Jessica Heather for Far from the crowds: A guide to Portugal’s lesser-known Côa Valley published in Adventure.com

Karen Edwards for The Rise of Rimini published in High Life

Mark Nicholls for Pathways to the Past published in Italia! Magazine

Mary Novakovich for It’s not all money, money, money here; the mellower side of Croatia’s Mamma Mia island published in الحارس

Rebecca Pitcairn for The Pick of the Bunch  published in Sainsbury’s Magazine

Robin McKelvie for The Spanish island that loves tourists (especially Britons) published in التلغراف

Ross Clarke for Meet the stew queens of Northern Spain published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Uwern Jong for The Odyssey published in OutThere Magazine

 

AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN

Annabel Grossman for Why you should visit – and stay in – Johannesburg’s Soweto published in المستقل

Bella Falk for Making a Splash published in Travel Africa Magazine

Charlotte Wigram-Evans for We are one published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Dom Tulett for Breaking barriers in Botswana – The trip that helped my dyslexic daughter overcome her writing fears published in The Times

إيما جريج for Peaceful Connection published in Travel Africa Magazine

Kate Eshelby for The thrilling under-the-radar alternative to Mauritius published in The Times

Rowena Marella-Daw for Delta Force published in Billionaire

Siobhan Grogan for More Than Gorillas: How Rwanda Is Reinventing Itself published in Citizen Femme

سو وات for Kavango-Zambezi – Foundations published in Travel Africa Magazine

 

ASIA

Angela Locatelli for The Stuff of Legends published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Annabel Grossman for There is a Bali beyond influencer’s Instagram reels – and it’s far more beautiful published in المستقل

Claire Boobyer for Overtourism is causing this city to suffocate in trash. These eco-pioneers are trying to change that published in Adventure.com

Estella Shardlow for How to Safari Sensitively at Jamtara Wilderness Camp published in Mr & Mrs Smith

Farida Zeynalova for Explore Azerbaijan’s wine history – and its unexpected German past published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Imogen Lepere for You can feel the gods here’: a village homestay in Nepal that supports Indigenous women published in الحارس

Kate Crockett for The little-visited region that could be the answer to Japan’s over-tourism problem published in المستقل

Laura French for Why now, more than ever, an over-touristed Bali – and its visitors – need to embrace responsible tourism published in Adventure.com

Lorna Parkes for In Raja Ampat, new coral conservation voyages give a unique perspective on the reefs published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Steffen Michels for Back to the garden published in OutThere Magazine

 

AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA

Bella Falk for The Pacific paradise where guests are guardians published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Karen Edwards for In the footsteps of the ancestors published in مجلة السفر JRNY

Keith Drew for This Beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site is Reversing the Damage of European Settlement published in AFAR

لورين جارفيس for Since Time published in OutThere Magazine

نوري جميل for A life-affirming cargo ship cruise through the Marquesas Islands published in Adventure.com

Rebecca Crowe for From Haka to Hangi, Kohutapu Lodge in New Zealand Gives a Glimpse of Māori Life published in Azure Road

 

NORTH AMERICA – CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

Ailsa Sheldon for Alberta’s Mountain Women published in مجلة السفر JRNY

Hannah Newton for Canada’s tourism is booming – but these enchanting islands remain secret published in The Times

James Draven for Medicine Water published in مجلة السفر JRNY

James March for North America’s First Indigenous-owned Winery published in TONIC Magazine

Kate Eshelby for Mālama: The word embodying the spirit of Hawaii published in BBC Travel

Laura French for What I discovered travelling Missouri’s lesser-trodden stretch of Route 66 published in المستقل

Megan Eaves for Road trips that reveal America’s darkest skies published in Wildsam

Robyn Wilson for Cape Cod has had its day – in-the-know travellers head to this nearby beauty published in التلغراف

Sian Meades-Williams for Searching for Flavour published in JRNY Travel Magazine

Uwern Jong for Bayous and byways published in OutThere Magazine

 

CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO

Jamie Fullerton for Guatemala’s volcano guides offer locals a different path – but at what risk? published in Adventure.com

ميرا داتاني for The other Camino: Hiking the coast-to-coast Camino de Costa Rica published in Adventure.com

Rachel Dixon for Walking the Mayan camino: a five-day hike in Mexico’s Yucatán published in الحارس

Robyn Wilson for The five-day trek in the Guatemalan jungle that’s worth every blister published in المستقل

SJ Armstrong for Sacred stones and sleeping giants—touring El Salvador’s ancient landscapes published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Steph Dyson for How dreamy ‘cloud forests’ make this central American country an ideal alternative to Costa Rica published in المستقل

Suzanne Bearne for Bacalar: Why now is the time to visit this chilled-out alternative to overtouristed Tulum published in The Standard

 

THE CARIBBEAN

Amanda Canning for Treasure Island published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Ian Packham for East side story published in Cacique

Kira Richards for Grenada stole my heart published in The Times

لورين جارفيس for Sea Full of Stars published in Breathe

Rory Buccheri for Meet the family pioneering the Caribbean’s first ‘climate-smart islands’ published inAdventure.com

SarahLee for From caves to coral reefs, this is how you can discover the wild side of Turks & Caicos published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

 

SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTICA

Daniel Stables for Find Rio’s samba beat on this new urban music trail published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Farida Zeynalova for City Life Cartagena published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

Katy Dartford for 24 hours in lima published in Globetrotter Magazine

Lynn Houghton for The Man Helping Save Our National Parks published in Resurgence and Ecologist

Mike Unwin for The Perfect Self-drive Holiday in Ecuador published in التلغراف

نوري جميل for One woman’s mission to protect the pumas of Chile’s southern pampas published in Adventure.com

Rupert Mellor for Resist this! published in OutThere Magazine

Sarah Gillespie for Labours of Love published in ناشيونال جيوغرافيك ترافيلر (المملكة المتحدة)

 

GLOBAL

Lucy Ruthnum for It felt like I was trespassing on the privilege of adventure travel published in Much Better Adventures

Mariam Amini for Challenges I’ve faced as a Muslim traveller, and how I’ve learned to overcome them published inباسل السفر

ميرا داتاني for Travelling light, travelling right published in Diver Magazine

راشمي نارايان for I’ll never go on another slum tour after speaking to a local published in Metro

Rebecca Crowe for What’s the growing appeal of small-group adventures? And why are so many more women booking them? published in Adventure.com

Steph Dyson for Should you use AI to plan your travels? published in Adventure.com

Stuart Kenny for Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel? published in Much Better Adventures