Applications extended for the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2020

For the third year in a row ETC has once again partnered up with the European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN), Europa Nostra and the Network of European Regions for Competitive and Sustainable Tourism (NECSTouR) to contribute to the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and to encourage the development of sustainable tourism destinations around Europe.

The theme of this year’s edition of Awards is ‘Special interest tourism development and promotion based on Cultural Heritage’. The Awards contest is open to tourist destinations across Europe, to showcase their results and outputs in sustainable cultural tourism under five selected categories.

1. Industrial Heritage
2. Maritime, Coastal and Aquatic Heritage, supported by ‘The Phoenicians Route’ cultural route of the Council of Europe
3. Innovation and Digitalisation in Sustainable Cultural Tourism, towards Smart Destinations
4. Transnational Thematic Tourism Products
5. Wine Tourism, supported by the ‘Iter Vitis’ cultural route of the Council of Europe.

Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held during the 13th International Conference for Cultural Tourism on 22-24 October 2020 in Krk/Rijeka, Croatia.

Applications now extended until 20th July

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