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Online ecotourism guide

Online ecotourism guide. 4th DCC General Assembly Online ecotourism guide presentation 4th -5th December 2012, Sofia. Biodiversity and Tourism call. Online ecotourism guide. Project title: Online ecotourism guide. Project duration: 12 months. Biodiversity and Tourism call.

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Online ecotourism guide

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  1. Online ecotourism guide 4th DCC General Assembly Online ecotourism guide presentation 4th -5th December 2012, Sofia Biodiversity and Tourism call

  2. Online ecotourism guide Project title: Online ecotourism guide Project duration: 12 months Biodiversity and Tourism call Project start: July 2012 Project budget: 32 480.00 EUR

  3. Online ecotourism guide Lead Partner: Business Support Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises - Ruse Partner 1: Human Resources Development Agency – Ruse Biodiversity and Tourism call Partner 2: Municipality of Elena Partner 3: Association of Ecotourism in Romania

  4. Online ecotourism guide Activities: • Creation of a draft of the Guide • Workshop with beneficiaries Biodiversity and Tourism call • Testing • Review of the Guide with the beneficiaries • Revision and upload • of the Guide

  5. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Ecotourism Product Development From Planning to Sustainability Biodiversity and Tourism call • describes the steps in order to create an eco tourism product – from the concept to the brand • the product (the destination) positioning on the market • promotion and consumption from the tourists

  6. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Ecotourism Best Practice Models General Overview and Characteristics Biodiversity and Tourism call • main characteristics of eco tourism and the destinations which have successfully applied eco tourism practices • can be used as good practices by other destinations which have the potential for a similar development of their eco system

  7. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Organizational Policy and Structures in the Environmental Field - Ecotourism Legislation and Regulation Biodiversity and Tourism call • the main eco tourism policies • the requirements for protection of the environment • how to regulate an already existing eco destination

  8. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Protected Areas and Biodiversity - Ecotourism Clustering Potential • examples for protected zones and how vital it is to preserve the biodiversity in those tourist destination • there will be introduced a “carrying capacity” for a certain area = the maximum number of tourists who can be at a destination without damaging its equilibrium • examples for real eco tourism clusters and the required conditions for their survival Biodiversity and Tourism call

  9. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: European Eco Labelling Policy and Ecotourism Criteria • certain criteria which has to be met for eco certification • all prerequisites which have to be fulfilled in order to obtain an eco label Biodiversity and Tourism call

  10. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Visitor Impact Monitoring and Customer Satisfaction Management • more details about the impact of visitors on the tourist destination and how to execute monitoring • how to achieve visitors’ satisfaction and how to sustain it Biodiversity and Tourism call

  11. Online ecotourism guide Guide modules: Guesthouse and Lodging Management & Ecotourism Good Practices in Guest Houses • both explore the topic of ecotourism best practices and how to turn your guest house into a greener accommodation facility for tourists • pieces of advice about steps which have to be taken in order to make your house eco-friendly Biodiversity and Tourism call

  12. Online ecotourism guide Benefits: • practical self-education tool, developed for and together with the beneficiaries • raising awareness about the environment/ biodiversity issues • how to make more competitive and sustainable tourism products Biodiversity and Tourism call • increases local capabilities for sustainable tourism management • improves economic, environmental and cultural impacts of tourism in the Danube regions of Bulgaria and Romania • free online access, in 3 languages – BG, RO and EN • could be translated into the languages of all DCC members and used by them

  13. Online ecotourism guide Biodiversity and Tourism call -- --

  14. Online ecotourism guide THANKYOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Business Support Centre for SMEs 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria 14 Kresna St. Tel/fax: +359 82 821472 E-mail: bsc@smebg.net e.yordanova@smebg.net http://bsc.smebg.net/ Biodiversity and Tourism call

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