List of practical cases

Title of your Experience

 Sustainable and Integrated Rural and Tourism Development in Kozard area, Hungary

Country or region

Kozard (« Paloc Land », Cserhat), Nograd County, North-East Hungary

Abstract

In close cooperation with Kozard Municipality and neighboring villages, building on communities, civil organizations, supported by local businesses, we have achieved an extraordinary success in rural tourism development. The former farming area and « sleeping » villages have been converted to integrated agro-, eco-, rural-, gastro- and cultural tourism areas with festivals, events, hospitalities and 30-40,000+ visitors annually.

 

 

Title of your Experience

Tourism and Rural Development: What’s gone right and what’s gone wrong? A focus on Community Based Tourism

Country or region

Latin America

Abstract

The Community Based Tourism (CBT) has been used as a strategy for rural development in Latin America. However, CBT has a dual perspective. On one hand, the positive role in strengthening traditional values, empowering local communities and controlling community change; on the other hand, it generates economic and power struggles as a result of the decision-making processes. The communication will discuss these two opposite positions.

 

 

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President of the Local Action Group

Country or region

Romania

Abstract

 The ENPORT (European Network for Promoting Outdoor Tourism) is a transnational cooperation project aimed at exchanging experience and building capacity among partners regarding outdoor tourism through sharing knowledge, workshops and seminars on topics concerning different aspects of rural tourism

 

 

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Sustainable tourism in Montenegro

http://ramstravel.co.me

Country or region

Montenegro

Abstract

We started 12 years ago, and from the beginning we had a vision how we can use our recourses to develop area. We done it together with local people, included them into different projects of education, with local tourism organization, regional development agency and other partners. Since beginning we had idea to create better business area for our children and keep them to stay and work in our region. In 2011 we get award,, The best travel agency » from National tourism organization in category ,, Valorization rural area in Montenegro ».

 

 

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Maisons de France

https://maisonsdefrance.byairbnb.com/

Country or region

France

Abstract

 « Maisons de France » (MDF) is a grassroots destination-building initiative to drive sustainable, more resilient tourism across rural France. Leveraging Airbnb’s platform and community, it consists of a competition for the most iconic Airbnb homes across all 14 regions of France, complemented by events and marketing showcasing French rural heritage, especially on social networks.

 

 

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EcoSlowRoad

Country or region 

Italy – Trentino Alto Adige

Abstract

EcoSlowRoad is a network between the italian ecomuseums in the Alps with a characteristic landscape and rural products. In these open air museum territories still exist typical products with a old tradition recognised also from Slow Food certification as « Presidio » or « Arca del Gusto ». The aim of the project is to give to everyone the possibility to explore this « road of tastes ».

 

 

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Lithuanian countryside tourism association new development trends

Country or region

Lithuania

Abstract

Lithuanian countryside tourism association raises new concept of complexity through all value chain of tourism for vital rural areas development. That includes green and healthy nature, landscape, heritage, friendly owners, communities, which serves a Peaceful Holidays; Cultural recreation; Active Holidays; Holidays for Families with kids; Culinary Heritage; Environment-friendly Homestead; Wellness Homestead; Family Celebrations; Business events; Agrotourism

 

 

Title of your Experience

The Places Piuturismo: the best green companies in Italy for responsible tourists

Country or region

Italy

Abstract

The Places Piuturismo allow you to check your green choices and to verify if your company is as efficient and less impact as possible and in line with the responsible tourism protocol drawn up by the WWF.

 

 

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PROGRESSLAG

Country or region

Croatia

Abstract

ProgressLAG is is primarily a tool for the management of development projects, and projects for the construction and / or reconstruction, communal, economic, social, energy, environmental, and other supporting infrastructure to develop, build and strengthen educational, cultural, scientific and other capacities, strengthening and building social capital and other projects that contribute to local, regional and national development. It is implemented as an easily accessible technology solution and is based on open source technology, the user does not require the investment of additional funds for the purchase of a license of third-party software.

 

 

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Connemara Programme

http://www.connemaraprogramme.com/

Country or region

Ireland – Connemara

Abstract

The self funded Connemara Programme was founded in 2012 to help Connemara recover from the recession and prepare for the arrival of rural high-speed internet. To do this we have:

  • Documented and codified over 45,000 items on Connemara
  • Created a stock of 85,000 up to date photographs
  • Developed a reusable technical infrastructure
  • Launched the MyConnemara.com online business directory
  • Supported EU and National planning for rural Broadband
  • Provided Connemara development initiatives
  • » Supported rural and small town development initiatives

 

 

Title of your Experience

The development of hiking through the GIS tool

Country or region

France

Abstract

The Fédération Française d’Equitation (French Equestrian Federation) is developing the setting up of a GIS tool (Geographic Information System) for equestrian routes.

The aim is to promote the equestrian tourism routes to the 2 million practitioners, and beyond to the 53% of French wishing equestrian holiday and to the 6 millions of horse-riders in Europe.

A reference document ensures a quality homogeneous offer nationwide, in terms of routes which must been interesting both from an equestrian and tourist point of view.

A time where soft hikings are acclaimed by the general public and incorporated into local authorities’ policies, this GIS tool promotes the equestrian routes via an interactive map accessible to all.

 

 

Title of your Experience

YOUREDENEXPERIENCE

Country or region

TWENTY FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Abstract

Eden network is a net of destinations of excellence in sustainable tourism . Its value propositions are: facilitating platform, knowledge sharing, cost sharing, creating mass. It is a good example of cooperation within Europe: 24 countries are involved with about 70 destinations.

 

 

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SLOW TOURISM TO EXPERIENCE THE DEEP MOUNTAIN (GRUMES, TRENTINO)

Country or region

Trentino Alto Adige – Italy

Abstract

In the last ten years Grumes, a village with 450 inhabitants, has been engaged in the restoration of the building, cultural and environmental heritage of its agricultural past so that residents and visitors can enjoy the area in a responsible way, in harmony with the environment and the local identity. Initiatives undertaken aim to promote sustainable and slow tourism, a smart use of local environmental and energy resources as well as environmental education and awareness.

 

 

Title of your Experience

Chef’s kitchen garden

Country or región

Bologna – Italia

Abstract

When nature sets the rules – in the garden and in the kitchen.

Our project was born in San Lazzaro Bologna in 2002. We combined the need to make our family farm sustainable with a very short supply chain: chefs in the area wanted to create their dishes based on fresh, naturally grown local seasonal plants, an approach that is not widely used. We apply cultivation methods that are friendly with the ecosystem that surrounds us, use natural anti parasitic and only when necessary, make minimum use of engine-driven mechanization, and we developed a way of cultivating that preserves the integrity of the microflora in the soil. Thanks to a continuous communication and relationship with the Chefs, we guarantee a personalized choice of products: the plantation in the vegetable garden is decided according to the needs and wishes of each Chef, allowing to create menus according to each season. In January and June, we agree together with each of them the products to be planted and cultivated, according to their needs. This way, we achieve that the time between harvest and arrival in the kitchen of Chef is less than two hours.

 

 

Title of your Experience

International Terraced Landcapes Alliance

Country or región

World – Europe – Italy

Abstract
Terraced landscapes are all over the world. They were built by farmers and commuties to live the slopes of the mountains and of the sea costs. After many decades of neglection and abandonment they have become places to value for their sustainable approach to the management of local heritage, for their capability to offer innovative ideas flourishing from their multitasking character.

 

 

Title of your Experience

Cult.Trips – Experience People & Culture in Europe

Country or región

Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, Estonia

Abstract
CultTrips is a subset of sustainable tourism approaches: Cultural, Community Based and Creative Tourism. It is a journey towards an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning. CultTrips provides a connection with those living in the visited region and creates an exchange between living cultures of both guests and hosts. It involves a region’s culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people, their history, art, architecture, religion(s), and other elements having shaped their way of life. Furthermore it also contributes to local economic development, cultural preservation and long-term benefits to the communities.

 

 

Title of your Experience

Distributed hotel, relational and Solidarity Economics Tourism

Country or región

Santo Stefano Quisquina-Sicily

Abstract

There was once a beautiful country, full of life. Then emigration, abandonment and finally uncontrolled development have degraded the landscape and its social fabric, damaged the urban landscape, and the traditional rural culture almost disappeared.

The ideas of a “Distributed Hotel” and promotion of relational tourism – including the marketing of agricultural products of excellence and participation in trade fairs – have been identified as a good basis for recovering and enhancing the beauty, the history and the local economy.

 

 

Title of your Experience

Finding Common Ground

Country or region

Eastern Perthshire, Scotland

Abstract
How an ambitious group of individuals in rural Eastern Perthshire are taking an asset based approach to their natural, cultural and heritage assets and leveraging new collaborations with voluntary, community, public and private organisations in both urban and rural locations in order to find new opportunities to develop sustainable tourism

 

 

Title of your Experience

Connepedia

Country or region

Connemara, Ireland

Abstract
The creation of a blog based encyclopedia of the region of Connemara

http://www.connemaraprogramme.com/

https://connepedia.blogspot.com.es/search/label/%21%20Connepedia

 

 

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DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSIBLE TOURISM MARKETING

Country or region

NICARAGUA

Abstract
Differential succesful marketing in European outgoing tourism markets by 6 Nicaraguan tour operators certified by Rainforest Alliance, who include in their products rural tourism, agrotourism and community based tourism initiatives all over the country; while enhancing the training of all the value chain actors at local level, including drivers; consolidating and supporting the responsibility in the value chain of all local suppliers.

 

Title of your Experience

ECOGITES : An innovative and sustainable approach

Country or region

FRANCE

Abstract

The Ecogîte® is part of a way of life based on preserving natural resources, using the renewable energies, the use of natural, local and recyclable material with no harmfull effects on health.

 

Title of your Experience

Muskau Arch – geopark and educational geopath

Country or region

Transnational Poland/Germany

Abstract

Transnational Polish – German Geopark Łuk Mużakowa includes unique on a European scale, moraine geological structures. In the area were builded many mines and years later given up excavaciones were transformed into geological UNESCO park.and educational geopath.

 

Title of your Experience

Azienda Agricola Bagalini Love and passion for nature

Country or region

Italy – Marche

Abstract

The Bagalini agricultural holding has developed many activities; the taking care of historical breeds, open days in the farm, open days for the families, summer camps, agricréche. The holding is part of a network, with Montessori Foundation, Regione Marche, Fermo municipality and many other agricultural business, which works to guarantee the best welcome. The Agrinursery (agricréche) Arca di Noè is part of Agrinursery of quality, a project promoted by Regione Marche. The Bagalini agricultural holding was born in 1920, thanks to Vincenzo Bagalini and it was hended down from father to son; from Armando to Mario to end up in Roberto’s hand, who has started the multifunctional activities till he has arrived to the certification of Agrinursery in 2014.

 

Title of your Experience

Preservation of the nature and the territory

Country or region

Italy – Calabria

Abstract

In the agricultural holding Costantino many activities take place; the tasting of typical products of the territory and of the farm, cooking classes, participation of business activities and didactic laboratories, trekking itinerary, cycling, guided tours in the wood, traditional vegetable garden, botanic garden, open days in the farm..

The holding plays an active role in Agriturist and Xenia, networks of different touristic buildings and of services linked to this area. Costantino has seen the light ten years ago, after the restoration of an old rural village which develops itself on an olive tree grow hill called Donnantonio. In 2006 Mariangela Costantino has started activities aimed to the conversion to organic and to differ her business (for example: she created handcrafted laboratory and in 2015 the award of didactic farm).

 

Title of your Experience

Harmony between tradition, innovation and technology

Country or region

Italy – Toscana

Abstract

Il Poggio is where you can find activities such as approach to the horse for children and adults, excursions and trekking by foot, by bicycle and on the horse, traditional vegetable and medicinal herbs garden and historical animal breeds. The agricultural holding is one of the founding members of Consorzio Terre e Terme di San Casciano and it has actively joined in the construction of a network of tracks by horse (in collaboration with the municipality) and of a path through the historical village and streets. The agricultural holding il Poggio is the result of a 14-generation long familiar tradition and at the beginning was only a farm. In 1987 they created a little agritourism which in 2004 became a business activity on its own.

 

Title of your Experience

Valorisation and respect for the environment

Country or region

Italy – Sardegna

Abstract

In the Agritourism Parco Donnortei many activities take place, among them there are: excursions and trekking by foot, by bicycle and on the horse, traditional vegetable and medicinal herbs garden, live stock of historical animal breeds, open days in the farm, summer camp, product and civilization museum, didactic air track. The company is a member of Terranostra (category association), MID SARDINIA (network with the Bucolic Culture Museum) and it has many agreements with Municipalities, Region, Provinces, Universities, Mountain Community, Gal and other cultural associations. Parco Donnortei was born at the end of the nineties to provide the visitors of the wildlife park with some services and today can offer also a stay. The holding broad itself out from the slope of Monte Spada up to Aratu valley and it is formed by a farm, an agricamping, a hotel and a wildlife park. The main activity is the farm which is dedicated to organic livestock production.

 

Title of your Experience

Safeguard and valorisation of the environment thanks to the multifunctional agricultural holding

Country or region

Italy – Trentino Alto Adige

Abstract

The Agritur Delaip dei Pape offers excursions on the donkey and tasting of its product in the Natural Park Paneveggio, itinerary to discover the agricultura activities and rehabilitation through the onotherapy (with donkeys). It has made important partnership with Apt and Ente Parco Paneveggio and has participated in the Green Way network. The aim of the agricultural holding is guaranteeing an experience in contact with nature reducing at the lowest the impact the activities could have on the nature, for example: elimination of the single doses in the kitchen, using sink with sensor to reduce the waste of water , increasing the energy efficiency of the building through high capacity.

 

Title of your Experience

Organic, biodiversity, education, territory and first of all be and keep being a farmer community

Country or region

Italy – Piemonte

Abstract

Il Frutto permesso, an agricultural cooperative, offers open day in the farm, summer camp, cooking courses, developing and information courses for members and citiziens. The cooperative is part of a “solidarity network”, and works with more or less 400 farmers from Piemonte for the transformation of products, with Slow Food and with the network of Turin-capital of food forum. Il Frutto permesso was founded in 1985 from the informal collaboration of 4 companies, expanding itself since 2000. The productive base is formed by 15 agricultural holdings which spread from the valley till 2000 meters height. Beside the agricultural activities many others are offered, like the ones linked the livestock, the direct selling of products and the agritourism.

 

Title of your Experience

The innovation is come back to “do together”, that once was the motto of the country land

Country or region

Italy – Emilia Romagna

Abstract

La Quercia Verde offers excursions and trekking by foot, by bicycle and on horse, guided itinerary in the wood, open days in the farm, summer camps, nature and didactic organized tracks and educational livestock. The agritourism is now participating at the building of an enterprises network with more than 13 companies of the territory with the aim of increase the services , the combined production, the selling and the promotion of products. The holding sees the light in 1978 as a viticulture to become with Stefano, present owner, more multifunctional.

 

Title of your Experience

Spending part of own time in the countryside with the reacquisition of the times

Country or region

Italy – Basilicata

Abstract

The agritourism l’orto di Lucania offers a restaurant with traditional but revisited menus, cooking courses, excursions b foot and by bicycle, trekking through the holding paths, possibility to assist at the agricultural activities. l’orto di Lucania was born at the end of XIX, as a latifundium agricultural business and in 2002 began its hospitality and restoration activities. Today the company is an integrated agricultural holding which can offer DOP fresh products conserved with homemade oil on an local and international market level. next to the production there is the rural touristic offer, with the possibility of experience a holiday in the countryside.

 

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Live an experience in a “humanized nature”, revitalized and well protected

Country or region

Italy – Puglia

Abstract

The organic agritourism Serragambetta offers typical meals and cooking courses (traditional of Puglia), excursions b foot and by bicycle (bicycles are for free for the guests), trekking, traditional and medical herbs garden. The company’s aim is to offer the guests the occasion of living a nice experience in the countryside. The agritourism has the same inspirations and aims of the beginning, that means, the respect of the original architecture and the gastronomic and welcoming traditions.

 

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Attention of the areas, cozy atmosphere and quality of the offert

Country or region

Italy – Lombardia

Abstract

The Agritourism Dosso Badino has developed many activties among which there are: organizations of Agribirthdays (which consist also on a serie of guided visits to get to know the animal of the farm), a little museum dedicated to the farm realities and the possibility of organizing visits to different agricultural companies (for example a visit to the agricultural vegetable garden). Dosso Badino has approved protocols with Comunità Montana Basso Sebino and Ospedali Riuniti di Brescia, regarding the beginning of activities aimed to the integration of person with psychological distress and disable and the participation in “legami” project. The family-run agricultural holding was born in the first years of the seventieth and its development starts twenty years later, when the ownership gets to the daughters.

 

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Agritourism, ring between country, society and person

Country or region

Italy – Veneto

Abstract

Tirtha offers the possibility to participate in didactic and cultural activities through the subscription at courses about the self development and conferences about rehabilitation ways. It is responsible for the distribution of pieces of land which will be cultivated in organic style. The project that has the opening of the agritourism as result starts in 2003, with the discover of an industrial abandoned building close to Adige river. Its aim was a bioagriturism under a new conception, able to gather relax, a new philosophy of the environment and a personal growth in an only place. The restoration was made following the sparing energy and organic engineering and saw its end in 2005; with the realization of 8 chambers and room for the breakfast, snacks and meals.

 

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The sustainability of the own activities, keeping a low impact on the environment

Country or region

Italy – Friuli Venezia Giulia

Abstract

Rural Park Alture di Polazzo offers different activities; visit of the park in an electric bus, guided excursions and trekking by foot or by bicycle and on animals trough Carso lands, excursions in the places of the First World War, ecocenter holiday with the special organization of green weeks for children. It is a member of “rete Natura2000” and it collaborates with different agri realities, touristic buildings and operators of the territory. Since 1907, grandfather Franz started a moving pastoralism and, after the World War,with grandfather Rodolfo the family settled on Carso Goriziano, without changing job. In 1995 the agritourism activity starts and in 2009 it becomes a real rural and family-run company.

 

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Agriculture needs “craft mind” not only “handcraft” in the innovation of communication channels

Country or region

Italy – Campania

Abstract

Le campestre: trekking and excursions with ships and shepherd, traditional vegetable garden and medical herbs. The lunch menu includes a visit to see how and where, what you are going to eat grows. Furthermore cooking school, bakery and cheese makers courses and the revival of ancient roman meals are proposed. The aims are firstly, to give our time as a present to the ground, so that it accepts patiently our seeds and it feeds them with love, giving us back its fruits. What an extraordinary flavor have the things, when they asked you effort and care. We like sit around the table, taste a good wine and year after year, analyze the new fragrances hat the season has brought to Casavecchia. We like the idea that what we seed gets through kitchen and then arrives on our table not just as a meal, but as tradition. History and culture. We like thinking that, on our own way, we know how to stop time, enjoying the emotion of being together, following the harmony of the taste!

 

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Using the countryside to spread the culture

Country or region

Italy – Umbria

Abstract

The Agrileisuretime has developed a series of different activities, among which: open days in the farm, summer camp, summer sportive activities like beach volley, nordic walking. The company belongs to the circuit of the Educational farm of Spoleto, to the project Dreams at work (the national network of 250 Educational farms of the CIA), to the national network of sportive farms (FIDAL Italian Athlethic federation/CIA), it is a member of UISP (Italian Union Sport for everyone) and a members of the association BVC Spoleto (Beach Volley Spoleto). The familiar Agrifarm was founded in 1937, from the 80s Antonello,one of the sons of Antonio, gives a new life to the Farm. Nowadays the Farm is characterized by the different activities that are the results of a mangement of different people with different roles: a teacher of foreign languages, a farmer, a professional volleyball player, an enterpreneur.

 

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Agriculture, the real resource of the rural economy

Country or region

Italy – Lazio

Abstract

The Agrileisuretime has developed a series of different activities, among which: open days in the farm, summer camp, summer sportive activities like beach volley, nordic walking. The company belongs to the circuit of the Educational farm of Spoleto, to the project Dreams at work (the national network of 250 Educational farms of the CIA), to the national network of sportive farms (FIDAL Italian Athlethic federation/CIA), it is a member of UISP (Italian Union Sport for everyone) and a members of the association BVC Spoleto (Beach Volley Spoleto). The familiar Agrifarm was founded in 1937, from the 80s Antonello,one of the sons of Antonio, gives a new life to the Farm. Nowadays the Farm is characterized by the different activities that are the results of a mangement of different people with different roles: a teacher of foreign languages, a farmer, a professional volleyball player, an enterpreneur.