Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions (TOURAGE)
| Title | Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions |
| Abbreviation | TOURAGE |
| Project number | 1031R4 |
| Programme | INTERREG IVC |
Project partners
- Regional Council of North Karelia (Finland) (Leading partner)
- Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
- Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Regional Development and Environmental Management Agency (Hungary)
- Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency (Hungary)
- Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (Greece)
- Regional Development Agency of the Prešov Self-governing Region (Slovakia)
- Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic (Poland)
- North-West Regional Development Agency (Romania)
- Bourgas Regional Tourist Association (Bulgaria)
- Podkarpackie Region (Poland)
- West Regional Authority (Ireland)
- County Council of Granada (Spain)
Project objectives
The overall objective of the project is to enhance regional economy by the means of senior tourism development and to support active and healthy ageing. The project aims to enlighten the responsible personnel of regional authorities, decision-makers and politicians in the field; its challenges and benefits, its future and trends and above all good practices exchanged and deployed.Activities
Indentifying and exchange of good practices which help to take over the challenges connected to senior tourism ("silver tourism") - to develop clear understanding of central possibilities of silver tourism in the regions; Evaluation of the most important challenges of silver tourism in the regions; Exchange experiences on senior tourism through successful seminars, working groups and study visits; Deepening of the relations between partners; Developing of joint methodologies and giving policy recommendations based on good practices exchanged during the project; Dissemination of the obtained results widely for All European Benefit; Increasing networking capacity and synergies within European-wide silver economy networks and projects; Finding of solution to turn population ageing also into asset and overcome structural change by new innovative means; Promote sustainable regional economy and wellbeing.Results
12 study visits and workshops (1 per partner region); 1 good practice guide (36 good practices identified - 3 practices per region) ; 12 developed implementation plan (one in each region); 12 Regional analyses with the customer feed-back; 12 Regional/local policies and instruments addressed in the field tackled by the project; 1 joint policy recommendations.Budget
Total budget - 1 765 040 EUR VPR budget - 147 531,00 EUR:
Implementation period
01.2012. – 12.2014.
Contacts
Aija Rūse
e-pasts: aija.ruse@vidzeme.lv
Tel.: +371 64216007
Mob.: +371 26400288
