Project duration: 1.1.2017 – 30.6. 2019

Programme: Interreg Danube Transnational Programme

Lead partner: Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (Slovakia)

Partner countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia

Lead partner budget: 535.412,50 €

Project budget: 2 273 659,32 € (ERDF 1 837 406,12 € , IPA 124 538,81 €)

 

 

Project partners:

Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (Slovakia), lead partner
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)
Institute for Tourism (Croatia)
CEEweb for Biodiversity (Hungary)
Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia (Slovenia)
Harghita County Council (Romania)
Zala County Government (Hungary)
Local Action Group “Central Istria” (Croatia)
Regional Development Agency with Business Support Centre for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Bulgaria)
Donautal-Aktiv e.V. (Germany)
Regional Economic Development Agency for Šumadija and Pomoravlje (Serbia)
Plovdiv District Administration (Bulgaria)
Istrian Region – Administrative Department for Tourism (Croatia)
Komárom-Esztergom County (Hungary)

Danube Regions have outstanding natural and cultural resources in need to be protected. At the same time, they have a great potential to become attractive destinations for the fast growing trend of slow, green and healthy tourism. The main objective of project INSiGHTS is to find solutions how to make regions more attractive to tourists 13 partners from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Project partners worked in close cooperation with stakeholders in 8 regions to gain relevant local feedback on the current situation of tourism and also ideas and proposals for new opportunities for slow, green and healthy tourism. 8 integrated sustainable tourism strategies were developed by the partner regions.

The main project outputs:

• smart card system
• tourism packages
• travel guide applications
• eco-education related new tourism services encouriging environmentally-friendly and healthy living
• slow tourism network offering recreational programmes
• eco-tourism model for urban areas

More information on: www.interreg-danube.eu/insights

• Output 4.2: Transnational INSiGHTS walkshops: 2nd Multilateral Study Visit
• Output 4.2: Transnational INSiGHTS walkshops: 2nd Bilateral Study Visit
• Output 4.2: Transnational INSiGHTS walkshops: 2nd Master Class
• Output 4.2: Transnational INSiGHTS walkshops: 2nd Critical Classroom
• Output 3.1: Strategies for Integrated Development Concepts on Sustainable Tourism, part 1/3 (TIMM Assessment Manual)
• Deliverable 4.3.1: EU-level policy inventory - overview
• Deliverable 3.1.3: Comparative analysis of the national and local status quo reports
• Output 3.1: Strategies for Integrated Development Concepts on Sustainable Tourism, part 2/3 (Regional Vision)
• Output 3.1: Strategies for Integrated Development Concepts on Sustainable Tourism, part 3/3
• Output 3.1: Integrated Sustainable Tourism Strategy Guidelines