Winners announced for Inspire Global Media Awards 2026

ENGLAND

WINNER – John Harris 为了 Wild camping the easy way: how a secret Exmoor trip pleased everyone – including the farmer published in The Guardian

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Yvette Cook 为了 The sleeper train holiday to Cornwall that doesn’t cost the Earth published in 独立

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BRITISH ISLES (exc. ENGLAND) & IRELAND

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

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Robin McKelvie 为了 I’ve visited more than 100 countries – but nothing compares to this Scottish island published in 电讯报

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NORDIC REGION

WINNER – Sam Haddad 为了 Deserted islands, seagrass meadows and endless ocean: kayaking in Sweden’s new marine national park published in The Guardian

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ailsa Sheldon 为了 Eating the Archipelago published in JRNY旅游杂志

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EUROPE – WEST/CENTRAL/EAST

WINNER – Yvette Cook 为了 How women are reviving traditional Seto culture in Estonia published in 独立

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Emma Truscott 为了 The European bike trail that hits three countries in a day published in BBC Travel

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MEDITERRANEAN & NORTH AFRICA

WINNER – Daniel Stables 为了 From kasbahs to couscous—how Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）

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

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AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN

WINNER – Bella Falk 为了 Making a Splash published in Travel Africa Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Sue Watt 为了 Kavango-Zambezi – Foundations published in Travel Africa Magazine

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ASIA

WINNER – Farida Zeynalova 为了 Explore Azerbaijan’s wine history – and its unexpected German past published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Angela Locatelli 为了 The Stuff of Legends published in 国家地理旅行者（英国）

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AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA

WINNER – Lauren Jarvis 为了 Since Time published in OutThere Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Karen Edwards 为了 In the footsteps of the ancestors published in JRNY旅游杂志

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NORTH AMERICA – CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

WINNER – Kate Eshelby 为了 Mālama: The word embodying the spirit of Hawaii published in BBC Travel

HIGHLY COMMENDED – James March 为了 North America’s First Indigenous-owned Winery published in TONIC Magazine

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CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO

WINNER – Robyn Wilson 为了 The five-day trek in the Guatemalan jungle that’s worth every blister published in 独立

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Steph Dyson 为了 How dreamy ‘cloud forests’ make this central American country an ideal alternative to Costa Rica published in 独立

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THE CARIBBEAN

WINNER – Sarah Lee 为了 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）

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Rory Buccheri 为了 Meet the family pioneering the Caribbean’s first ‘climate-smart islands’ published in Adventure.com

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SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTICA

WINNER – Katy Dartford 为了 24 hours in Lima published in Globetrotter Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Rupert Mellor 为了 Resist this! published in OutThere Magazine

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GLOBAL

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

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