The City_Space_Flux Research Unit AUTh (School of Spatial Planning and Development, School of Architecture) organized yesterday, Wednesday 30 June 2021, 12:00-15:00, an online meeting entitled "Heritage- and culture-based experiential tourism as a lever for local development. Needs, challenges, perspectives from the point of view of bodies and companies", within the framework of the European research project "PRO-EXTOUR: Promoting heritage- and culture-based experiential tourism in the Black Sea Basin". The meeting was attended by public and private bodies and companies active in the tourism sector, in order to exchange views and develop a public debate on the promotion of experiential tourism in the Regions of Central Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia-Thrace.
The aim of the meeting was to explore the challenges, opportunities, and prospects of experiential tourism, which have been the subject of three related studies that have already been completed: Regional Needs Assessment, Regional Action Plan, and Blueprint for Successful Business Models for the development of experiential tourism in the Regions of Central Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia-Thrace.
For further information, you may visit the official website of the project: https://proextour.eu/