alpannonia® - hiking without borders

Long-distance hiking is a developing branch of sustainable tourism, for which the border region has good natural and cultural endowments. The special geographic location has made it possible to create and manage a unique nature experience and panorama path from the feet of the Alps to the Hungarian Plain (the alpannonia® name derives from the combination of the names of these two regions). The project aim was to develop a cross-border long-distance route, to develop the same quality & unique tourism offer along it. The 1st step of implementation was to define and signpost the 150 km long main route and the side roads; to create hiking gates and places for resting and recreation. In addition to infrastructure development a tour guide training took place; there were also awareness-raising actions to make involved settlements, the general public and local businesses more receptive to the trail and hiking tourism in general. Furthermore marketing and publicity campaigns were undertaken, in order to strenghten networking and to create an attractive ovarall image for the route. In order to improve the created product, a new project (alpannonia® plus) has been launched, activities include the optimization and extension of the route itinerary, the establishment of a long-term strategy for route operation, qualification of the route service providers along the trail based on jointly developed criteria.
More info: ThreeT project IE website, Library section, Study Visit Report Hungary.