Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions (TOURAGE)

Demographic Change and ageing can bring many opportunities to the regions. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the Europe and relatively remote regions have both a lot of unexploited and unknown development potential in this regard. To seek most reliable and successful solutions for transforming societies ageing to the economical growth and regional development, project “TOURAGE - Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Region” partners from 12 different countries invites all the stakeholders to the project first Annual Conference, which will be held on September 25 in Granada, Spain.

The overall objective of the project “TOURAGE” is to enhance regional economy by the means of senior tourism development and to support active and healthy ageing. The issues raised in the conference are highly topical as the year 2012 is the European Year for Active Ageing.

During the Annual Conference participants will have the possibility to get acquainted with the activities concerning European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012, senior tourism promotion and different innovative solutions for seniors and senior tourism from 10 different countries - Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Slovak Republic and Spain.

The event will be hosted by the County Council of Granada. The conference offers an opportunity to share project results as well as to introduce good practices on senior tourism that have been identified in the partner regions and in Spain at a national level.  In addition, the conference discusses senior tourism’s role in promoting economic development and employment especially in rural areas.

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About the project:  TOURAGE is the project financed by the European Regional Development Fund and made possible by INTERREG IVC programme. It collaborates 12 partners from Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Spain. The Lead partner for the project is Regional Council of North Karelia (Finland). The project aims to enlighten the responsible personnel of regional authorities, decision-makers, politicians and stakeholders in welfare and tourism sectors; its challenges and benefits, its future and trends and above all good practices exchanged and deployed. The results gained in this collaboration will be essential instrument to communicate to the rest of Europe the means by which “The Senior Tourism Model” can be created and enhanced and also what kind of tools can be used to improve Regional Senior Tourism Policies.