Development of new accommodation activities around green ways in rural areas

The community has preserved ancient costumes and a strong tradition with several important fairs and events. Rural stakeholders take an important place in this system and they contribute to produce and sell very genuine foods and wines. The aim of the project is to share with other European areas best practices to create networks of accommodation (B&B, Hostels, farm holidays).

Aosta Valley is an alpine region with about 135.000 inhabitants. The agriculture is 2% of the GDP & the economy is based mainly on services, especially tourism. With almost 30% of its surface as natural protected areas Aosta Valley is an interesting destination for new out-door practices, integrated with rural economy. Hiking, climbing & other forms of sport could develop in a context where farms & rural settlement offer new opportunities of accommodation. The region is well provided of path & green way, some of them with a huge value in nature& history (via Francigena, via Alpina, great alpine tours like Mont Blanc Tour). Agricul-tural areas are embedded in a territory with a lot of ancient monuments, from the Megalithic period to the Middle Age.

We are looking for municipalities or group of municipalities, LAG and other associations of lo-cal stakeholders that want to impulse their economy focusing on rural tourism. They should have experiences in the creation of networks of accommodation like b&b, hostels, farm holi-days. Existing Partnership: We are collaborating with the close regions like Piemonte, Savoie (F), Valais (CH) and we had relationship with other French regions as Rhône Alpes.

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02/11/2010