They originate from California, Texas, Japan, Finland, Spain, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the UK, but are currently located in several other locations. But they all have one thing in common – on April 23, they will all descend on Dubrovnik, to take up their positions in the world’s first Digital Nomad-in-Residence programme (DN-I-R), set to take place in Croatia.
The DN-i-R programme, which has been designed by Saltwater Nomads, in partnership with Total Croatia News, the CIty of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board (and financed by the latter two), is an innovative direction for the Pearl of the Adriatic, as it looks to diversify its tourism strategy away from overtourism and in the wake of the pandemic.
Given the global situation, it was perhaps fitting that the location of the press conference was just outside the UNESCO World Heritage Site and its famous old walls at Lazareti. Completely renovated in 2018, Lazareti is now a spectacular multi-purpose event location. Its origins are as the original quarantine station in Dubrovnik. The Dubrovnik Republic was the first state to introduce quarantine back in 1377.
The press conference was given by Deputy Mayor of Dubrovnik, Jelka Tepsic, Dubrovnik Tourist Board Director, Ana Hrnic, Saltwater Nomads CEO, Tanja Polegubic, and TCN CEO, Paul Bradbury.
The lucky 10 digital nomads were chosen from a very international field of 115 applicants, from 27 countries. You can see who they are with this compilation video above, which was put together from the application video submissions. Over the coming days, TCN will be introducing them individually. They are:
Kelsey Kay Love from Texas (currently in Los Angeles)
Charlie Brown from UK (currently in Zagreb)
Ron Tardiff from USA (currently in Budapest)
Marlee McCormick from Texas
Albert Cañigueral from Spain
Zoltan Nagy from Hungary (currently in Tenerife)
Alyssa Isogawa from USA/Japan (currently in California)
Rob Schubert from the Netherlands (currently in Estonia)
Carolyn Zelikow from USA (currently on Hvar)
Kaisu Koskela from Finland (currently in Gran Canaria)
It was a high-quality field of applications, and there are several ways that other applicants can still be involved. TCN will shortly be announcing giveaways, virtual networking opportunities, and the chance to attend the final event in May.
The press conference over, it was down to the hard work. The excellent relationship between city, tourist board and Saltwater Nomads has already delivered the first digital nomad conference in Croatia, Dubrovnik for Digital Nomads in October, 2020. Jelka and Tanja have built up an excellent working relationship, and there is still plenty of organisation ahead, now that the selection process is over.
One of the gorgeous Lazareti rooms has been made available to the DN-i-R project as a coworking space, right on the water.
You can learn more about the programme here.
Saltwater Nomads’ Tanja Polegubic on Dubrovnik Digital Nomad-in-Residence Programme
Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Frankovic on Digital Nomads, US Flights, 2021 Season
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