Strategy for a development of the sustainable tourism in the territory of the protected areas

The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) is a tool devised by Europarc Federation for the Protected Areas that means to engage in the development of a sustainable tourism compliant of the natural and cultural resources of the places. The Park that adheres to the “European Charter of the Sustainable Tourism” aims to work with the local actors to a more sustainable development of the tourism in its territory, that considers the environmental, social and economic impacts which tourism can generate and the needs of the visitors (current and potential), of the enterprises, of the environment and of the local people. Such strategy demands an active role of the Park in local tourist politics and the strengthening of the cooperation forms and Co-planning among the local actors. In order to define its own strategy, the Park must pursue the increase of the sense of local identity and of the knowledge of the local resources from the visitors, the improvement of the quality of territory and of life.

The Park that adheres to the “European Charter of the Sustainable Tourism” aims to work with the local actors to a more sustainable development of the tourism in its territory, that considers the environmental, social and economic impacts which tourism can generate and the needs of the visitors (current and potential), of the enterprises, of the environment and of the local people.

Therefore, with the project we aim: - to promote forms of shared planning and of partnership among the various socio-economic actors, by identifying development lines for a sustainable tourism and a programme of actions - to arrange a communication tool in order to make accessible and to share the adopted strategy in order to carry out a role of inner and external marketing - to identify the involved actors and to conduct a census of the territory resources according to the logic of the tourist row, connoting the tourist and the visitor of the Park through the behaviors, styles of life and tendency to the expenses - to verify the coherence of the tourist offer on the territory of the Park in relation to the principles of the Charter.

LAGs in Europe. LAGs intrested please contact: GAL Colli Esini San Vicino Ing. Luca Piermattei – Direttore tecnico Tel. 0039-733-611141 E-Mail: l.piermattei@piermattei.org; info@colliesini.it

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26/08/2011