Support to Development of the Common Recreation Space in the Macroregion
The overall objective of this project is:
To support the development of positive image of the
Kaliningrad region by means of improving the quality of providing information and development of cross-border tourist and information networks.
To reach the overall objective the project had set four goals:
* Wide distribution of information about resources and different events of the
Kaliningrad region in the Macroregion and, correspondingly, of information about the Macroregion on the territory of the
Kaliningrad region among their inhabitants, tourist and professional communities.
* Revelation of tourist potential of the
Kaliningrad region as a significant factor of future economical development.
* Increasing the efficiency of strains aimed at development of tourism in the region by means of coordinating efforts of all participating parties (local authorities, business, non-commercial sector, representatives of creative forces)
* Development of cross-border cooperation between the
Kaliningrad and the
Klaipeda regions.
The core activities of the project include:
* Establishment of an information centre, staff training, arrangement of daily customer service.
* Studying the economical, tourist, cultural and creative resources of the
Kaliningrad region as well as carrying out a comparative analysis of legislation of the
Kaliningrad and
Klaipeda regions aimed at further development of Strategy of development of cross-border cooperation in tourism field.
* Development of tourist informational products, including establishment of a tourist web-portal, electronic and printed maps, guides containing tourist routes and mini-brochures.
* Organization of expert meetings, presentations, conferences and distribution of information about the project in Russian and Lithuanian mass-media.
The main outputs and results of the project will be:
* Operating Tourist Information Centre in Kaliningrad (KTIC).
* Organic united database of economical, tourist, cultural and creative resources of the
Kaliningrad and
Klaipeda regions - permanently updated and accessible for different projects.
* Strategy of development of cross-border cooperation in tourism field.
* Tourist informational products, including cultural-tourist web-portal, electronic and printed maps, guides containing tourist routes and mini-brochures that are available for use and participation for all involved in tourist sector.
* Established cooperation between the
Kaliningrad and the
Klaipeda regions.
The project duration:
July 2007 – November 2008 (17 months)
Partners:
Tacis Responsible Partner - Palanga Tourism Information Centre. Partners - Ministry of Industry of
Kaliningrad region, Ministry of Culture of
Kaliningrad region,
Kaliningrad regional informative educational centre of tourism.
Project part-financed by the European
Union
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