Contribute to strengthening the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, inclusion, and social innovation, with the participation of young people, women, and all stakeholders in the sector, in the towns of Balestrate (Italy) and Nabeul (Tunisia) and their surrounding rural and peri-urban areas, through the enhancement and transmission of cultural heritage.
Context
The project aims to encourage community participation in the enhancement of rural areas through community training and the development of strategies that involve local communities in the processes of preserving tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Both Sicily and Tunisia face numerous challenges in the tourism sector, with threats to their cultural heritage. Mass, low-cost tourism promoted by airlines and travel agencies generates benefits that remain concentrated, without producing economic and social impacts for the local population and surrounding regions.
Objectives
- To promote the enhancement of tangible and intangible cultural heritage together with local communities for the development of sustainable and community-based tourism.
- To train communities so that they can manage sustainable tourism processes.
- To create mediterranean synergies for the enhancement of cultural heritage.
Activities
- Strategic guidelines for the enhancement of local cultural heritage and the promotion of community-based tourism.
- Interactive flipbook featuring the training program, community tourism itineraries, and testimonials.
- Two tourism itineraries designed to enhance cultural heritage, accompanied by a brochure.
- Study on the replicability of best practices in cultural and community-based tourism.
- Strategies and action plans for sustainable and community-based tourism.
Resources
- Linee guida strategiche per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale locale, per la promozione del turismo di comunità
- Flipbook interattivo con programma di formazione, itinerari turistici di comunità e testimonianze
- Due itinerari turistici volti alla valorizzazione del patrimonio con una brochure
- Studio di replicabilità delle buone pratiche di turismo culturale e di comunità
- Strategie e piani di azione per un turismo sostenibile e di comunità
Impact
- 180 people acquire or improve their skills in community-based and sustainable tourism.
- The participating communities implement co-created strategies to enhance their tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
- Institutions at the local, national, and Mediterranean levels receive guidelines on managing community-based tourism in Italy and Tunisia.
Partners
- CESIE ETS (Italy), Coordinator
- Le Vie dei Tesori (Italy)
- CAWTAR (Tunisia)
- ANIMED (Tunisia)
