Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions (TOURAGE)

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Title

Developing Senior Tourism in Remote Regions

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Abbreviation

TOURAGE

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Lead partner

Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland

 

 

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Partners
  1. Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland
  2. Vidzeme planning region, Latvia
  3. Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Regional Development and Environmental Management Agency, Hungary
  4. Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency, Hungary
  5. REGION OF EAST MACEDONIA & THRACE, Greece
  6. Regional Development Agency of the Prešov Self-governing Region, Slovakia
  7. Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic, Poland
  8. North-West Regional Development Agency, Romania
  9. Bourgas Regional Tourist Association, Bulgaria
  10. Podkarpackie Region, Poland
  11. West Regional Authority, Ireland
  12. County Council of Granada, Spain

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Associated partners

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Objective

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.

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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.

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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.

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Budget

1 858 200 EUR

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Implementation period

2012. – 2014.

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Contact person

Elīna Muižniece

E-mail: elina.muizniece@vidzeme.lv

Mob.: +371 20279914