1.3 People-To-People Networking

The overall project objective is boosting the tourism potential of the cross-border region through sustainable use of natural, cultural and historical resources by involving local communities and tourist providers.

Project specific objectives are: strengthening the awareness of sustainable and responsible tourism development in the border region; fostering recognition of the destination by joint collaborating actions exploring the natural, cultural and historical resources; enhancing the cultural interaction and networking among local communities; creating an interactive environment for collaboration and capacity building activities in the tourism and supporting industries.

Project activities:

1. Business Model Generator (BMG) for sustainable use of the potential of natural and cultural heritage resources in the border region by involvement of local stakeholders;
2. Quest Tours - innovative promotion of cross-border natural and cultural heritage;
3. Elaboration of an online platform “www.QuesTour.eu” and а mobile application;
4. Online trainings for sustainable tourism management;
5. Workshop “Best practices in sustainable tourism development and the “QuesTour” approach”;
6. “QuesTour” design competition for young people;
7. “QuesTour” Festival.

Project results and outputs:

1. Mapping the unexplored resources and intangible heritage in the border region;
2. Datasheets “Heritage”;
3. Analysis on the willingness of local communities, enterprises/business and authorities to contribute to the promotion of identified resources;
4. Datasheets “Stakeholders”;
5. BMG for sustainable use of the potential of natural and cultural heritage resources in the border region;
6. Elaborated QuesTour platform and Android application;
7. Elaborated 3 scenarios for Quest Tours;
8. Digitalised content, incl. 3 thematic video-films;
9. Organised 3 thematic Quest Tours;
10. Organised online training courses in sustainable tourism management;
11. Organised workshop ‘Best practices in sustainable tourism development and the “QuesTour” approach;
12. Organised “QuesTour” design competition for young people;
13. Organised “QuesTour” Festival.

Main target groups that will benefit from the project results and outputs are: Residents of the cross-border region covering the area of 6 districts from Bulgaria, 7 districts from Serbia; Tourist organisations/enterprises/associations in the region; Youth organisations.

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Web: https://questour-project.eu/bg/

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=questour.com

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