A comprehensive development plan, encouraging and utilization of tourism resources areas Drama - Kavala - Xanthi of Greece and Blagoevgrad - Smolyan from Bulgaria

The project aims to develop the tourism potential of the common border region.

The planned project activities were:

- Conducting two representative surveys for the border region - to determine the attitudes and preferences and profile of tourists and for regional tourism resources;

- Creation of joint tourism portal with a database of registered tourist sites and provided access codes to all organizations participating in the project;

- Printing a common tourist guide of Bulgarian, Greek and English - edition in 10 000 copies .;

- Printing a Guide for entrepreneurs in the tourism sector of Bulgarian and Greek - edition in 2500 copies;

- Printing a common tourist and road map of the region with trilingual rendering of objects -Bulgarian, Greek and English;

- Eight workshops to develop the necessary materials and promotion of the project;

- A DVD with full materials developed under the project - a Bulgarian, Greek and English with a circulation of 9000 pcs.

Target group of the project are local and regional authorities and tourism organizations in the region.

 

Donor: INTERREG ІІІA/ PHARE CBC GREECE – BULGARIA.

Value: 210 000 EUR.

Period: 01.2008 – 12.2008г.