Semtember 2012
Meeting of the expert group within the project “Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region”
The meeting of the Expert group of the project “Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region” was taken place on the 11 September, 2012 in Ivano-Frankivsk, which is realized by the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk in the partnership with the Department of External Economic Relations and Tourism of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration and Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) with the support of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013.
At the meeting Mariya Kovaliv - vice-chairman of the Board of the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk, Project manager introduced to participants of the expert group about the project realization, implementation of the Carpathian Tour Pass, in particular the concept of the Loyalty Discount Program "Carpathian Tour Pass", the agreement on cooperation with the members of the network of the Carpathian Tour Pass, development and publication of the three-lingual brochure about Carpathian Tour Pass, development and manufacturing of the plastic card, development and publication of the three-lingual catalogues of Carpathian Tour Pass members.
The Head of the Department of the Department of External Economic Relations and Tourism of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration - Vitaly Semkiv noted the importance of implementation of the project activities for the development of tourism industry in the region.
Also at the meeting of the expert group it was discussed and approved the creation of the Carpathian Tourism Development Office based on the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk, organizing and conducting Rural Tourism School on October 14-21, 2012 in Yaremche, development and publication of the three-lingual tourist brochure about the region and three-lingual tourism maps of the region, construction of the tourist information information boards for partners network, creation of the web-portal.
About the project
Goal of the project: support to socio-economic development of rural communities of Carpathian Euroregion based on implementation of effective and efficient local policies and proactive tourism industry development and promotion mechanisms within border regions of Romania and Ukraine.
Locations of the Action: Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivska region; Romania: Maramures county.
Project target groups: Regions’ rural communities; rural tourist services providers; tourist information centers; entrepreneurs and industry employees; government and local self-government institutions; relevant civil society institutions; potential tourists.
Main project activities:
1. Introduction of a joint tourism policy in accordance with EU practices through the development of the Carpathian Rural Development Strategy and an effective cross-border tourism services marketing system;
2. Facilitating the preservation of natural and cultural environment of the Carpathian Euroregion through the establishment of a joint tourism destination “Colorful Rural Carpathia“;
3. Improvement of the Rural Carpathia’s competitiveness in Europe through the implementation of the Carpathian Tour Pass;
4. Improvement of the skills and knowledge level of tourism industry professionals through the organization of the Summer school;
5. Building joint information and marketing space and a more positive image of the Carpathian Euroregion in the regional and international markets.
