Creative Industr. & Craft Develop.
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PRO EXTOUR: promoting Heritage- and Culture-based Experiential Tourism in the Black Sea Basin
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Implementation period: 01.06.2020 – 30.11.2022
Funded by: Co-financed by European Union through the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and Partner Organizations: Varna University of Management (BG) (leading partner); Yerevan State University (AR); Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR); Georgian Arts and Culture Center (GE), and Culinary Arts and Hospitality Association (BG)
See Press Release
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Goal
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _PRO EXTOUR aims to promote experiential tourism as a sustainable development pathway for tourism business in the Black Sea Basin (BSB) by valorizing the potential of the indigenous heritage and culture, innovative solutions and cross-border cooperation. The main objective of project is to contribute to the increase of cross-border links for joint promotion of business and entrepreneurship in tourism and cultural sectors.
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Main Activities
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- Regional Needs Assessment Report for the development of experiential tourism;
- Regional Action Plan for encouraging the heritage and culture-based experiential tourism in the BSB;
- Inventory of Business Models for experiential tourism;
- Pilot Inventories of heritage and culture activities and events & On-line Repository of resources and tools;
- International events related to experiential tourism;
- cross-border network of Black Sea Hubs on Experiential Tourism
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Awarness raising meetings and press-releases
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _October 16, 2022 - Conference "PROMOTING HERITAGE- AND CULTURE-BASED EXPERIENTIAL TOURISM IN THE BLACK SEA BASIN"
July 21-23, 2022 -Tbilisi Entrepreneurial Camp for Experiential Tourism
May 22, 2022 - Public Presentation of Pilot Demonstration Project
January 31, 2022 - Presentation of Tbilisi Experiential Tourism HUB
June 7, 2021 - AW meeting Heritage and Culture-based Experiential Tourism in Georgia
