Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools
Acronym |
eTOURIST |
Project Number – MIS | 5012431 |
Priority axis | 2 - A Sustainable and Climate adaptable Cross-Border area |
Investment priorities | 6c - Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage |
Intervention fields |
094. Protection, development and promotion of public cultural and heritage assets |
Call | 2nd Call for proposals under priority axes 2 & 4 |
Lead Beneficiary | Regional Municipalities Association MARITZA |
Beneficiaries |
Active Citizens Partnership DIMOSSINETERISTIKI "EVROS" S.A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF EVROS Ethnological Museum of Thrace - Aggeliki Giannakidou |
Start Date | Oct 09, 2017 |
End Date | May 31, 2022 |
Budget | 463.217,48 € |
ERDF Contribution | 393.734,86 € |
National Contribution | 69.482,62 € |
Website | www.maritza-evros.eu/ etourist.dimossin.gr/ |
Common challenges tackled by the project consist in development & pilot testing of innovative techniques for preservation & promotion of cultural & natiral heritage, traditional culinary & wine of CB region Haskovo - Evros & for knowledge transfer for preservation of traditional culinary & wine as part of CB cultural heritage.
Project overall objective is to promote & develop cultural & natural heritage, gastronomy & wine in CB area Haskovo-Evros for tourist purposes.To achieve the main objective the project provides: assesment of natural & cultural heritage sites & traditional culinary & wine which are of high importance for Haskovo-Evros region & therefore for the establishment of adequate smart & digital tolls for promotion of the natural & cultural resources in the CB region & on European level as regions advantages.The project provides knowledge transfer related to preserving traditional culinary & wine of CB region.
Main outputs enhanced by joint project management & coordination are: information measures; developed integrated eTOURIST methodology for cultural & natural sites & for traditional culinary & wine which will support preserving, presenting & promoting cultural & natural resources of CB region in a uniform way; eTOURIST package providing access to cultural & natural heritage & to traditional culinary & wine in an innovative way through smart application & through digital sources on the Internet; knowledge transfer in Cb region related to traditional culinary & wines; promotion of cultural & natural heritage sites & of traditional culinary & wine of Haskovo - Evros CB region on the international tourism market.
Target groups who will benefit from the outputs: Citizens of target CB area; Tourist organizations; Cultural institutions; Tourists in target CB area; Chefs, Local & regional media. In order to address these common challenges the project approach is focused mainly on actions that support the better interpretation of natural & cultural heritage (including ICT applications) & on actions that support events promoting cultural identity, gastronomy & wine as cultural resources & enhancing the awareness of targeted CB area cultural & natural heritage including knowledge transfer.
The new solutions that will be developed during the project are: 1) development of application for smart devices - eTOURIST, which will provide detailed information for cultural, natural sites, gastronomy & wine of the target CB region to tourists, incl. photos, text, web-site, inclusion of tourist routes, location, etc.
The project approach consists in CB cooperation for better interpretation of natural & cultural heritage (ICT applications), events promoting & enhancing awareness of CB area cultural identity. The added value is the increased attractiveness of CB cultural & natural assets for visitors which will in turn lead to increased tourist traffic in target CB area.
Project overall objective is to promote & develop cultural & natural heritage, gastronomy & wine in CB area Haskovo-Evros for tourist purposes.To achieve the main objective the project provides: assesment of natural & cultural heritage sites & traditional culinary & wine which are of high importance for Haskovo-Evros region & therefore for the establishment of adequate smart & digital tolls for promotion of the natural & cultural resources in the CB region & on European level as regions advantages.The project provides knowledge transfer related to preserving traditional culinary & wine of CB region.
Main outputs enhanced by joint project management & coordination are: information measures; developed integrated eTOURIST methodology for cultural & natural sites & for traditional culinary & wine which will support preserving, presenting & promoting cultural & natural resources of CB region in a uniform way; eTOURIST package providing access to cultural & natural heritage & to traditional culinary & wine in an innovative way through smart application & through digital sources on the Internet; knowledge transfer in Cb region related to traditional culinary & wines; promotion of cultural & natural heritage sites & of traditional culinary & wine of Haskovo - Evros CB region on the international tourism market.
Target groups who will benefit from the outputs: Citizens of target CB area; Tourist organizations; Cultural institutions; Tourists in target CB area; Chefs, Local & regional media. In order to address these common challenges the project approach is focused mainly on actions that support the better interpretation of natural & cultural heritage (including ICT applications) & on actions that support events promoting cultural identity, gastronomy & wine as cultural resources & enhancing the awareness of targeted CB area cultural & natural heritage including knowledge transfer.
The new solutions that will be developed during the project are: 1) development of application for smart devices - eTOURIST, which will provide detailed information for cultural, natural sites, gastronomy & wine of the target CB region to tourists, incl. photos, text, web-site, inclusion of tourist routes, location, etc.
The project approach consists in CB cooperation for better interpretation of natural & cultural heritage (ICT applications), events promoting & enhancing awareness of CB area cultural identity. The added value is the increased attractiveness of CB cultural & natural assets for visitors which will in turn lead to increased tourist traffic in target CB area.
Downloads
D.2.1.2_Project Video (BG with EN subtitles)
D.2.1.2_Map_BG
D.2.1.2_Project Brochure_BG.EN / GR.EN
D.2.1.2_Project Leaflet_BG.EN / GR.EN
D.2.2.2_Project Leaflet_EN / GR / BG
D.2.4.2 Brochure_EN / GR
D.3.1.1_Integrated methodology for cultural and natural heritage sites, traditional food and wines in Haskovo district (EN.BG.GR)
D.3.2.1_Integrated eTOURIST methodology for cultural & natural sites and for traditional culinary & wine in Evros region (EN.GR.BG)
D.3.1.2_Study of natural & cultural heritage sites of Haskovo district (EN.BG.GR)
D.3.1.3_Study of traditional food and wines in Haskovo district (EN.BG.GR)
D.3.2.3_Study of traditional culinary and wine in Evros region (EN.GR.BG)
D.3.1.1_Strategic guidelines for image building of the Haskovo region as a tourist destination_BG
D.3.4.1_Strategic guidelines for image building of the Greek Region as a tourist destination_GR (EN abstr)
D.4.4.1_QR codes app to create interactions between visitors and the museum
D.4.1.1_Digitalization of cultural and natural sites and video tours for Haskovo region
HASKOVO CULTURAL LANDMARKS
HASKOVO NATURAL LANDMARKS
D.4.1.1_Digitalization of cultural and natural sites and video tours for Evros region
EVROS CULTURAL & NATURAL LANDMARKS
VIDEO TOURS
D.4.1.2_Digitalization of traditional culinary & wine and development of videos for Haskovo region
HASKOVO CUISINE & WINE
D.4.2.2_Digitalization of traditional culinary & wine and development of videos for Evros region
Traditional cuisine in Evros Prefecture, Greece: EN / GR / BG
Traditional wines in Evros Prefecture, Greece: EN / GR / BG
D.4.1.3_eTOURIST application
D.4.1.4_Interactive digital web portal “Cultural and natural heritage of Haskovo – Evros”