Inspire Global is delighted to announce the finalists for the 4th annual Inspire Global Media Awards 2026. The winners will be announced at an exclusive event in London on Monday 13th April 2026.
IGMA 表彰旅游媒体领域的卓越表现，表彰个人和组织将可持续、积极影响旅游业的故事生动地呈现出来。
CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR – UK & IRELAND BASED WRITERS
ENGLAND
阿德里安·菲利普斯 for I took my entire family on a canalboat holiday – and found the antidote to our hurried age published in 电讯报
Ben Lerwill for An unsung alternative to the Cotswolds‘: exploring Leicestershire’s Welland valley published in The Guardian
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 电讯报
John Harris for Wild camping the easy way: how a secret Exmoor trip pleased everyone – including the farmer published in The Guardian
Mike MacEacheran for The railway that got the world on track’: a walk through 200 years of history in County Durham published in The Guardian
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 独立
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 电讯报
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 电讯报
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 JRNY旅游杂志
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Joseph Phelan for Inside the distillery crafting spirits on the edge of the world published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 The Guardian
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 JRNY旅游杂志
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 独立
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 The Guardian
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 电讯报
Ross Clarke for Meet the stew queens of Northern Spain published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 独立
Bella Falk for Making a Splash published in Travel Africa Magazine
Charlotte Wigram-Evans for We are one published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Dom Tulett for Breaking barriers in Botswana – The trip that helped my dyslexic daughter overcome her writing fears published in The Times
艾玛格雷格 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
苏·瓦特 for Kavango-Zambezi – Foundations published in Travel Africa Magazine
ASIA
Angela Locatelli for The Stuff of Legends published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Annabel Grossman for There is a Bali beyond influencer’s Instagram reels – and it’s far more beautiful published in 独立
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Imogen Lepere for You can feel the gods here’: a village homestay in Nepal that supports Indigenous women published in The Guardian
Kate Crockett for The little-visited region that could be the answer to Japan’s over-tourism problem published in 独立
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Karen Edwards for In the footsteps of the ancestors published in JRNY旅游杂志
Keith Drew for This Beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site is Reversing the Damage of European Settlement published in AFAR
劳伦贾维斯 for Since Time published in OutThere Magazine
诺里·杰米尔 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 JRNY旅游杂志
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 JRNY旅游杂志
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 独立
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 电讯报
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
米拉·达塔尼 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 The Guardian
Robyn Wilson for The five-day trek in the Guatemalan jungle that’s worth every blister published in 独立
SJ Armstrong for Sacred stones and sleeping giants—touring El Salvador’s ancient landscapes published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Steph Dyson for How dreamy ‘cloud forests’ make this central American country an ideal alternative to Costa Rica published in 独立
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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Ian Packham for East side story published in Cacique
Kira Richards for Grenada stole my heart published in The Times
劳伦贾维斯 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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTICA
Daniel Stables for Find Rio’s samba beat on this new urban music trail published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Farida Zeynalova for City Life Cartagena published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 电讯报
诺里·杰米尔 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 国家地理旅行者（英国）
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 in无畏旅行
米拉·达塔尼 for Travelling light, travelling right published in Diver Magazine
拉什米纳拉扬 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
CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR – INTERNATIONAL WRITERS
UK, EUROPE & NORDIC REGION
Amelia Duggan for Shaped by Nature published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Asla London Palomba for In Ireland, a Stone Age wellness therapy is making a comeback published in The Washington Post
Chloe Berge for Top of the World: On a journey through a remote part of Greenland, published in Travel + Leisure
Daniel James Clarke for Exploring Portugal’s historic hilltop hamlets in a free electric hire car published in The Guardian
Laura Hall for Disneyland to living city: Dubrovnik’s bold fight against overtourism published in BBC Travel
Lola Akinmade for Meet the Afro-Swedes published in Wizz Air Inflight Magazine
Samantha Falewee for Meet the Women Forging Greenland’s Evolving Jewelry Scene published in Vogue
Sarah Reid for Green Shoots published in Escape
ASIA
Charukesi Ramadurai for A ‘hike for everyone’: The 300km route shining a spotlight on Sri Lanka’s tea history published in BBC Travel
Joshua Zukas for Tourism is breaking all records in Vietnam. Is that all it’s breaking? published in Adventure.com
Lauren Mowery for Of Craft and Humanity: Tracing the Modern Silk Road through Uzbekistan published in Azure Road
Leyla Rose for In search of Indonesian ikat published in The Straits Times
Mark Daffy for Cricket on top of the world published in Escape (Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Herald-Sun)
Megan Gilbert for The wild Asiatic lions of India’s Gir National Park published in Adventure.com
Samantha Falewee for “Mongolia’s Shifting Tourism Industry—And What It Means for the Country’s Nomads” published in Conde Nast Traveller
Silvia Pisci for Hokuriku: Nothing exists in isolation published in WideOyster Magazine
Veidehi Gite for Science and sustainability with the Baiga Tribe of Bandhavgarh published in Outlook Traveller
Zoe Baillargeon for How to Experience Ainu Culture in Hokkaido published in Azure Road
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
Christine Retschlag for Designed to combat coral bleaching, how is the world’s largest underwater reef faring one year on? published in Adventure.com
Ellie Cobb for The Indian Ocean’s laidback paradise on Earth published in BBC Travel
Lynn Gail for The land where time stands still published in Vacations and Travel Magazine
Rachel Lees for Fresh Focus published in International Traveller
Sarah Reid for A year ago, this South Pacific territory was off-limits. What’s it like to visit now? published inAdventure.com
Tracey Croke for Remote and accessible: cycling New Zealand’s West Coast Wilderness Trail published in The Guardian
AFRICA, ARABIA & INDIAN OCEAN
Jonny Bierman for Remembering Jane Goodall published in Travel + Leisure
Katrina Lobley for Shifting sands published in The Sydney Morning Herald
萨默·瑞兰德 for Kilimanjaro’s Vanishing Ice published in Wired for Adventure
AMERICAS, THE CARIBBEAN & ANTARCTICA
Annie Brown Verdin for What does freedom taste like? We meet the recipe-keepers of the first free Black town in the Americas published in Adventure.com
Emily Barlow for For hikers, this is one of the world’s best-preserved Inca roads. And no, it’s not the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu published in Adventure.com
Jonny Bierman for A Green Guide to the White Continent of Antarctica published in National Post, Canada
Nick Hines for In Post-Fire West Māui, Restaurants Are at the Heart of a Slow Recovery published in Matador Network
Tayla Gentle for How to spot rock art and eat ‘cow to cave’: Everything we learned on a low-impact road trip across Utah published in Adventure.com
Tim Wenger for New River Gorge Offers a Glimpse Into West Virginia’s Past – and Its Future published in Matador Network
Zanny Merullo for Fighting Extractive Economies in a Panamanian Paradise published in Bluedot living
GLOBAL
Kate McMahon for Breaking stereotypes and making records: Meet the Arab women mountaineers climbing their way to the top published in Adventure.com
Lebawit Girma for Can Tourism Foster Peace? These Socially Conscious Operators Say Yes published in Bloomberg Pursuits
萨默·瑞兰德 for The Ethics of Exclusivity in Tourism published in Azure Road
Suzie Dundas for The Price of Paradise: Luxury Travel Can Save the World’s Wildest Places, but at What Cost? published in Matador Network
Tarang Mohnot for Why ‘best time to visit’ no longer applies published in BBC Travel
TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Claire Dodd for Five things Indigenous operators in Canada want agents to know published in TTG媒体
Domhnall O’Donoghue for Portland Pride published in Travel Weekly
Jessica Reid for ‘We just want to be accepted’: When TTG met India’s ‘third gender’ community published in TTG媒体
劳伦贾维斯 for Wild and Free published in 销售旅游
马德琳·巴伯 for This island has the aesthetics of Santorini but is blissfully serene published in TTG媒体
米拉·达塔尼 for Discover Kenya beyond the safari published in Travel Weekly
Olly Beckett for How this Canadian town is building back better after wildfires published in Travel Weekly
拉什米纳拉扬 for Eclectic Tastes published in TTG媒体
苏·瓦特 for Kenya: Face to Face published in Postcards Magazine
Zanny Merullo for Visiting Indigenous Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula published in Travel Age West
TELEVISION BROADCAST OF THE YEAR
Ash Bhardwaj for Destination Dupes and AI in Travel Planning broadcast on BBC One BBC Morning Live
Mark Julian Edwards for Welcome to Sri Lanka broadcast on The Jet Set TV Show
亚历克斯·奥斯韦特 for The Wanderer Türkiye: Echoes of Eternity broadcast on Amazon Prime Video
PODCAST / AUDIO PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
Christopher Beanland for Soviet Special episode broadcast on Park Date
Mary Novakovich for Krapanj’s sponge divers broadcast on BBC Radio 4
Nathan James Thomas for Understanding Chile and Other Adventures Since 1989 with Natscha Scott broadcast onThe Travel Writing Podcast
菲比·史密斯 for Voodoo Child broadcast on 流浪女人：旅行播客
Richard Hammond & Holly Tuppen for Community Tourism: What does good community tourism look like and can we measure its benefits? broadcast on It’s a Journey – a sustainable travel podcast
Shebs Alom for Levison Wood on “The Great Tree Story”: Why Forests Are Crucial broadcast on Take a Wander with Shebs
TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ash Bhardwaj for Why We Travel: A Journey Into Human Motivation published by Bedford Square Publishers
Carolyn Boyd for Amuse Bouche published by Profile Books
Monisha Rajesh for Moonlight Express published by Bloomsbury
沙菲克梅格吉 for Small Earthquakes published by Hurst
TRAVEL GUIDE OF THE YEAR
Daniel James Clarke for Pocket Algarve – 3RD edition published by Lonely Planet
Emma Gibbs for Scotland’s North Highlands – 1英石 edition published by Bradt Guides
艾玛格雷格 for Madeira & The Azores – 1英石 edition published by Rough Guides
Joshua Zukas for Vietnam – 1英石 edition published by Bradt Guides
Rebecca McVeigh and Jennifer Ladonne for Provence and The French Riviera – 14th edition published by Fodors
Suzy Pope and Tristan Rutherford for Albania – 1英石 edition published by DK – Dorling Kindersley
BLOG STORY OF THE YEAR
Abi King for The Dark Side of Traditional Arts and Crafts in Sri Lanka published on Inside the Travel Lab
Ana Duek for “Community-based tourism itinerary in the Amazon: an immersion in the Rio Negro” published on Viajar Verde
Chiara Selvetti for “Once upon a time in a mining town far away” published on Umudugudu
Kirsten Henton for In search of a different kind of soul in Tennessee published on Weather2Travel.com
Lucy Ruthnum for Lukomir Village – Visiting Bosnia’s Most Remote Village published on Absolutely Lucy
Shivya Nath for What I Learnt From an Indigenous Shaman in the Amazon Rainforest published on The Shooting Star
苏·瓦特 for African Parks – 25 years of groundbreaking conservation published on Expert Africa
Valery Collins for Uzbekistan Uncovered with Great Rail Journeys published on ExperiencedTraveller.com
VLOG OF THE YEAR
Abi King 为了 Is it worth visiting North Sri Lanka? published on YouTube
Eileen Aldis 为了 24 Hours in Dublin, Ireland published on YouTube
Lebawit Girma 为了 More Than a Party: Inside Rio Carnival’s Afro-Brazilian Roots published on YouTube
Shivya Nath 为了 Slow travel in Bali published on YouTube
Tayla Gentle 为了 Explorations of Sight and Sound, Vol. 3 Ancient Instruments published on YouTube
SHORT-REEL OF THE YEAR
Gemma Jones for Amazon Rainforest, Peru published on Watch our World Instagram Channel
菲比·史密斯 for Why can’t we all just get along – Belize published on Phoebe ‘Wander Woman’ Smith Instagram Channel
Stuart Kenny for The Grand Traversee of Reunion Island published on Much Better Adventures Instagram Channel
Tayla Gentle for Reel Series — The ultimate, low-impact Utah adventure published on Adventure.com Instagram Channel
Vanessa Ball for EXTREMADURA: Four Cities & Villages You Need To Add On Your Spanish Road Trip published on She Wanders Miles Instagram Channel
Veidehi Gite for Cairo published on The Krazy Butterfly Instagram Channel
PHOTO OF THE YEAR - COMMISSIONED
People & Community
Ben Pipe for images featured in Ecuador Supplement published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Karolina Wiercigroch for images featured in Stuff of Legends published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）
Lauren Mowery for images featured in Of Craft and Humanity: Tracing the Modern Silk Road through Uzbekistan published in Azure Road
Lola Akinmade for images featured in Meet the Afro-Swedes published in Wizz Air In-flight Magazine
Lynn Gail for images featured in Rare Breed published in International Traveller
Wildlife & Environment
Bella Falk for images featured in Focussed attention published in Travel Africa Magazine
Diana Jarvis for images featured in Forget Spain – I went to Sweden and found the ideal summer holiday destination published in TimeOut
Lynn Gail for images featured in Rare Breed published in International Traveller
诺里·杰米尔 for images featured in A life-affirming cargo ship cruise through the Marquesas Islands published in Adventure.com
POSITIVE IMPACT STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR
伊丽莎·斯潘皮纳托
艾玛格雷格
Juliet Kinsman
Karen Edwards
劳伦贾维斯
菲比·史密斯
Sarah Reid
苏·瓦特
塔玛拉·辛森
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