Heritage Tourism for Increased Baltic Sea Region Identity
From the golden amber to wide sandy beaches, famous birch woods, marvelous seascapes and the well-known red-brick gothic, the Baltic Sea Region offers a great variety of cultural and natural heritage sites, but is there something we have in common in the whole Baltic Sea Region? What are the characteristics the neighboring countries share?
The project AGORA 2.0 aims at exposing the most attractive natural and cultural treasures of the whole area that will support the development of a common regional identity. The Baltic Sea Region identity will increase the visibility of the region as a whole and it will serve as an important precondition to market the region as one tourism destination.
Your opinion is very important to us, no matter if you are an expert or a tourist, if you know the region like the back of your hand or not. What is typical of the Baltic Sea Region for you? Please, support AGORA 2.0 and vote on:
www.bsr-identity.net
25 partners from 9 countries are involved in the project. AGORA 2.0 is expected to run during 2010-2012. The Lead Partner is the University of Greifswald.
The project is a follow-up of AGORA which focused on sustainable rural tourism and provided a toolbox for tourism projects as well as database of best practices.
AGORA 2.0 aims at close cooperation between tourism stakeholders of the Baltic Sea Region. Partners are public authorities on national and regional level, as well as international NGOs and business and heritage organizations, which are all dealing with tourism development and influence the national tourism policies. The project aim is to increase the BSR identity by means of heritage tourism (where heritage includes natural heritage), based on principles of sustainability. The project is mentioned as a flagship project in the Action plan accompanying the EU BSR Strategy.
Some of the currently ongoing activities include research for the Baltic Sea Heritage Tourism Information Service (BASTIS) and first testings and exercises on identification of common identity potentials. An advisory board for BASTIS has been set up. The next project meeting will be held in Minsk, Belarus, on 7-9 October 2010. This meeting will be organised jointly with the Baltic Sea Tourism Commission.
Agora 2.0 website
What do we have in common in the Baltic Sea Region? Support Agora 2.0 and vote here
Baltic Sea Heritage Tourism Information Service - BASTIS
Contact:
Ms Betina Meliss
University of Greifswald
Institute of Geography
Makarenkostrasse 22
D-17487 Greifswald
GERMANY
Phone: +49 3834 864541
Fax: +49 3834 864542
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