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Carpathian Adventures

Project co-financed by by the European Union from funds European Regional Development Fund under Cross-border cooperation programme Interreg V-A Poland - Slovakia 2014 -2020.

Name of the micro-projectCarpathian adventures - new cross-border tourism products. Carpathian Adventures - new cross-border tourism products

Micro-project number: INT/EK/PO/1/II/B/0157

Lead Partner: Regional Tourism Organisation North-East of Slovakia

Project partners: Podkarpacka Regional Tourist Organisation

Start of the project: 08/2018

Project closure: 10/2019

Total project costs: 111 807,00€

ERDF co-financing: 85%

National co-financing: 10%

Own resources: 5%

The main objective of the project:

The main objective of the project is to create conditions for increasing the number of visitors to the cross-border area and thus to support the development of the region.
By creating an innovative product of experiential tourism as a new form of promotion of natural and cultural heritage, we will contribute to the sustainable development of the cross-border area, especially in the segment related to leisure.
We want to increase the number of visitors by creating 3 comprehensive packages of experiential tourism services using modern communication methods and technologies and by implementing promotional materials and items. The development of the visitor numbers will then be regularly evaluated during the sustainability of the project.

The specific objectives of the project are:

The specific objectives of the projects are the tools that will enable the continuation of the main objective after the project activities have been completed.

Creation of a common methodology for the development of cross-border experiential tourism products - a guide for the development of CR products, which will tell what, for whom, to what extent and in what form the products need to be developed to be successful on the market.
Creation of new tourism products focused on experiential tourism and their testing in practice - the newly created products are a concrete tool to invite more visitors to the territory and to intensify cooperation in the field of CR. The products will be implemented on the basis of a thorough analysis of the territory, which will include the needs of the market and the potential visitor.
Creation of new marketing and promotional materials as support tools for the subsequent launch of products, e.g. visitor maps, multimedia presentations, promotional items thematically oriented to new CR products.

Project activities:

All planned activities are divided into 3 main substantive tasks of the project:

Development of 2 new cross-border tourism products in the Prešov region.
Development of a new cross-border tourism product in Podkarpackie voivodeship.
Development of a new cross-border tourism e-product in the Slovak-Polish border area.

Project results:

The Carpathian Good Heritage project, which is aimed at creating new cross-border tourism products, will be beneficial on both sides of the border, as during the joint preparation of the project both partners identified very similar problems and their causes and, as professional tourism organisations, agreed on tasks to encourage better distribution of tourists to lesser-known locations in the area.

The project tasks are based on direct contacts with the local population and therefore contribute to the removal of barriers in the border area. By creating a common cross-border product of experiential tourism, it will positively influence the integration of the border communities mentioned in the Programme through their participation in the realisation of the products themselves.
The creation of new experiential tourism products based on the promotion of local economies forms the basis for further facilitating the development of cross-border socio-economic cooperation in the future.
To ensure the sustainability of the project outputs and their improvement, we will develop the CR products and create further partnerships that will enable the development of CR in the Slovak-Polish border area.