ROWAdventure ROBG-272
About this good practice
RowAdventure project aims to develop tourism in Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border area along the Danube,exploiting the area natural potential by promoting a friendly and healthy ecological environment for citizens and guests, taking into account the Danube ecosystem and the landscape,while ensuring sustainable regional development and opportunities for creating a green economy in the region.
Steps in the good practice realization:
•Creating 1 new integrated tourism product designed for adventure tourists-adventure trips with kayaks and canoes for beginners,advanced,families and people with disabilities.The new tourism products will support the sustainable regional development from an economic,cultural and social point of view.
•Creating 2 operational tourism centres,one of each side of the border,fully equipped with safety equipment,sportswear and water sport equipment (10 kayaks for 1 person,10 kayaks for 2 persons,5 canoes for 2 persons,5 canoes for 4 persons and 5 boats for people with disabilities,1 trailer,1 motor vehicle 4x4 for carrying the equipment /trailer/boats and motor vehicle for the transport of tourists with minimum 7 seats;
•Organizing 14 pilot actions;4 Adventure trips with kayaks (3 days each),4 expeditions with canoes (1 day each),4 trips with special boats (1 day each), 2 Regatta (7 days each) using the equipment purchased to promote the new tourism products.
•Development of promotional webpage and conducting an online and media promotion campaign.
Resources needed
The budget for the realization of the project is 499,851.65 EUR, out of which 424,873.89 EUR ERDF.
Evidence of success
Achieved results following the project implementation:
Programme outputs:1 new integrated tourism product created,1 Joint strategy for identifying travel routes and exploring the natural and cultural heritage and 1 Joint strategy for promoting integrated tourism products.
Programme results:contribution to the achievement of programme result indicator as quantifying 6033 overnights in the cross-border region,generated by the creation of the new integrated tourism products in the region.
Potential for learning or transfer
The good practice is suitable for transfer to regions where it exists specific common natural resources (suitable water basins) in order to promote both the tourist potential given by the considerable natural heritage and the tourism and recreational potential of river canoeing.
Creating a new integrated tourist product for adventure tourists (kayak and canoe adventure tours for advanced, advanced, families and disabled people) to help better utilize the tourism potential, increasing the number of overnight stays in the addressed region. At the same time, the suggested tourism products shall support the region's sustainable economic, cultural and social development with a potential for the attraction of tourist flows and to the revenue raise.
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