TExTOUR project

In September 2024, the TExTOUR project will end. In these years, we learned, experimented, and created innovative solutions to find a sustainable path for cultural tourism development in remote areas in Europe and beyond. Let’s see how we did in our final video: Thanks to the contribution for this video to our partners: Daniel Basulto García-Risco and Lucia Delenikas (Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico), Caroline Fischer (NETZ-MEDIEN UND GESELLSCHAFT EV), Dina Regalo (Coa Foundation), Igor Kuvac (Istraživački centar za prostor), jelena pujic (Herzegovina Museum) Laura Plugge (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Fachwerkstadte), Serena Cecere and Matteo Tabasso (LINKS Foundation – Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society), Pedro Pereira and Shabnam Pasandideh (UNINOVA). Thanks to ICONS Innovation Strategies for the video production.

Tomorrow, November 6th, our partner Charlotte Michi (ICONS Innovation Strategies) will present the #TExTOUR Best practice book during the E-coaching Session "Fueling Cultural Tourism Growth with European Funds" by CulturalDeTour project. Do not miss it! To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/dWwjmzAG

A new open access paper, created in the framework of the #TExTOUR project, is now online! "Advances in Digital and Cultural Tourism Management" focuses on advancing understanding of the sustainable development potential of cultural tourism by examining successful policy interventions, emerging cultural tourism trends, advancements in visitor management systems, new business and governance models, and the opportunities arising from ICT in the twenty-first century. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/drPr3V5Z Edited by: Bart Neuts (KU Leuven), Joao Martins (UNINOVA) and Marinos Ioannides (Cyprus University of Technology)

🧭#TExTOUR journey across Europe and beyond, to discover and valorise #CulturalHeritage, has ended. Our path concludes, but yours is just beginning. Learn more in our last newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dbby3-tt A special thanks goes to all the partners that have accompanied us over these years: Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico, CARTIF, ICONS Innovation Strategies, UNINOVA, LINKS Foundation – Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society, Metropolitan Research Institute - Városkutatás Kft, Instytut Ekologii Terenów Uprzemysłowionych, Cyprus University of Technology...

Through the experience gained in its eight pilot sites, #TExTOUR has developed tangible results, recommendations and methodologies to increase the benefits of tourism on local communities. Discover all on our pageflow: https://lnkd.in/dB92Kv4b

After almost 4 years, today is the last day for #TExTOUR. Our journey was full of adventures and satisfaction. We hope to inspire more people to find their path towards sustainable #CulturalTourism development in Europe and Beyond. 🧭 We take stock in our final press release: https://lnkd.in/dbDbhFfM

Everything developed within the framework of #TExTOUR is designed to inspire professionals in the cultural tourism sector, as well as anyone who embraces the concept of sustainable tourism in its broadest sense, considering all its dimensions. As part of this effort, TExTOUR has created a pageflow, which serves as a repository of the project's "legacy". Discover it now: https://lnkd.in/dJ9Q_2aW

#TExTOUR has developed an ICT platform that will serve as a guide and monitoring tool to implement Cultural Tourism strategies. From tourists to pilots, the platform supports solutions co-design and provides key recommendations to support socioeconomic development in remote areas. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dgbaSj4R

PROJETOS | TEXTOUR RUMOU A ESPANHA O MORE CoLAB - Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação rumou ao país vizinho para participar na última reunião de consórcio do TExTOUR project, financiado no âmbito do programa 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. Entre os dias 10 e 13 de setembro, em 📍 Valladolid e Aguilar del Campo, os parceiros puderam conhecer o trabalho desenvolvido pelo líder Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico e partilhar experiências. Este encontro coroou os três anos de trabalho do TEXTOUR, que envolveu uma equipa de especialistas de 18 entidades e 13 países europeus, com o objetivo de desenhar estratégias de turismo sustentável, baseadas na inovação social, salvaguardando as tradições, a natureza e o estilo de vida das comunidades locais. O TEXTOUR desenvolveu a sua atividade em oito locais-piloto: Vale do Côa – Siega Verde, entre Espanha e Portugal; Crespi D'Adda, em Itália; Narva, na Estónia; Umgebindeland, na Alemanha; Via Regia, na Ucrânia; Trebinje, na Bósnia-Herzegovina; Tarnowskie Gory, na Polónia; e Anfeh – Fikardou, no Líbano e Chipre, aproximando, assim, vários patrimónios europeus reconhecidos pela UNESCO. ➡ Neste projeto, o MORE CoLAB - Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação participou como território replicador e, agora, terá a oportunidade de aplicar as metodologias desenvolvidas no município parceiro de 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘀, através da realização de Oficinas de Turismo Cultural, com vista à promoção da cultura e tradições locais.

How promote the coexistence of tourists and residents in a #CulturalHeritage site? #TExTOUR created a Vademecum to promote site preservation among the Crespi d'Adda - Unesco World Heritage inhabitants while raising tourists’ awareness of visiting good practices. Discover more https://lnkd.in/dT7G3ZkM