Croatia Wins Olive Picking Championship

Team Montenegro won the olive growing quiz mini-event.

Away from the com­pe­ti­tion, par­tic­i­pants could taste locally pro­duced extra vir­gin olive oil, which received a Protected Designation of Origin cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in 2022, visit other groves and local mills and par­take in din­ners and other evening activ­i­ties.

Jelinčić said the idea is for the vis­i­tors to enjoy an immer­sive expe­ri­ence of the island’s cul­ture.

“We are prov­ing that agri­cul­ture and tourism can go together,” she said. ​“This is how we ensure an authen­tic tourist expe­ri­ence and a healthy and pleas­ant life for the locals.”

Along with the com­peti­tors, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Poetica dis­tillery from Vrgorec in cen­tral Dalmatia came to this year’s event. 

A representative from the Poetica distillery from Vrgorec promoted an olive leaf-based gin.

In coop­er­a­tion with TZO Postira, they designed and pro­duced an exclu­sive edi­tion of 200 bot­tles of gin with Postir olive leaves. Both the gin and its pro­duc­ers fit per­fectly into the unusual atmos­phere of the event.

Kaisu Koskela, a Finnish woman from the Digital Nomads team, par­tic­i­pated in the com­pe­ti­tion for the third time. ​“Olives have mul­ti­ple sym­bolic mean­ings that align well with dig­i­tal nomads,” she said. ​“We are happy that we can rep­re­sent them here.” 

Jelinčić cel­e­brated the even­t’s suc­cess, which the Creative Tourism Network awarded as the best cre­ative expe­ri­ence in tourism in 2019 and the FITUR tourism fair in Madrid rec­og­nized with an award in 2020.

“The award is a great recog­ni­tion, but it is an oblig­a­tion to keep improv­ing,” Jelinčić said.

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Publish date : 2023-10-30 07:00:00

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