Polycentric Sustainable Tourism
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The project that…
Promotes sustainable
tourism
Minimizes the negative
impact of mass tourism
Promotes new quality
tourism products
Redistributes tourist
flows through
Highlights new destinations in the interior of the Atlantic Area
and helps alleviate tourism pressure in the most affected areas
Polycentric
Sustainable Tourism
POST
The project that…
Promotes sustainable tourism
Minimizes the negative impact of mass tourism
Promotes new quality tourism products
Redistributes tourist flows through
Highlights new destinations in the interior of the Atlantic Area and helps alleviate tourism pressure in the most affected areas
The Atlantic Area program promotes the development of coastal regions, including their hinterland,
to achieve their territorial cohesion. Tourism is a sector that must transform the resources of the
territory into sustainable economic activity, preventing the negative effects from inadequate
management: pressure on the territory or deterioration of heritage.
The project will develop and test the concept of
«Polycentric Tourism»; innovative approach that
seeks to redistribute tourism in inland territories
through measures that favour the permeability
of tourist flows. Partners, in coordination with
the sector, will develop both the concept and its
application and communication tools in order to
implement, within the duration of the project,
the concept of «Polycentric Tourism».
Thus, partners will implement 4 Action Plans as
pilots to demonstrate the effectiveness of the
concept and tools created. These Plans will also
be a guide to transfer the experience to other
interested regions.
The project is aimed at the tourism sector,
and is made up of the following partners
The Atlantic Area program promotes the development of coastal regions, including their hinterland, to achieve their territorial cohesion. Tourism is a sector that must transform the resources of the territory into sustainable economic activity, preventing the negative effects from inadequate management: pressure on the territory or deterioration of heritage.
The project will develop and test the concept of «Polycentric Tourism»; innovative approach that seeks to redistribute tourism in inland territories through measures that favour the permeability of tourist flows. Partners, in coordination with the sector, will develop both the concept and its application and communication tools in order to implement, within the duration of the project, the concept of «Polycentric Tourism».
Thus, partners will implement 4 Action Plans as pilots to demonstrate the effectiveness of the concept and tools created. These Plans will also be a guide to transfer the experience to other interested regions.
The project is aimed at the tourism sector, and is made up of the following partners
– Deputación Provincial de Ourense (Galicia, ES)
– Instituto Ourensán de Desenvolvemento Económico (INORDE)
– Eixo Atlántico do Noroeste Peninsular
Turismo Porto e Norte de Portugal, E.R. (Norte, PT)
– Cámara de Braga (Norte, PT)
– IPVC | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
– Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (Eastern and Midland, IE)
– ATU – Atlantic Technological University
– Atlantic Cities (Bretagne, FR)
– West Charente – Pays du Cognac (Poitou-Charentes, FR)
Lead partners
Partners
• Instituto Ourensán de Desenvolvemento Económico (INORDE)
• Turismo Porto e Norte de Portugal, E.R. (Norte, PT)
Lead partners Partners
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