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TExTOUR's heritage

TExTOUR's HERITAGEBest practices, lessons learned and tools from our experience

TExTOUR is an EU-funded project that co-designs pioneering and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to improve deprived areas in Europe and beyond.

But what do we mean by cultural tourism?

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Cultural tourism is about managing cultural heritage and tourism in an integrated way. It involves working with local communities to create benefits for everyone involved, helping to preserve both tangible and intangible cultural heritage while developing tourism. Throughout its four years, TExTOUR has always pursued one goal: to improve deprived areas in Europe and beyond. To achieve this, it established Cultural Tourism Labs at eight pilot locations, both within the EU and beyond.

In our journey to preserve cultural heritage, we have created a heritage of our own: a legacy of ideas, strategies, and resources for sustainable tourism. Discover our "heritage," explore it, cherish it, and make it part of your journey to sustainable tourism.

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“In my opinion, cultural tourism is where everything should start.” Jelena Pujic - Museum of Herzegovina

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Road MapA long-term vision for successful Cultural Tourism development strategies

As part of TExTOUR project's legacy, we produced a document discussing the establishment of Public Private People Partnerships, a model that could help not only during the project timeline but more importantly as part of a long-term vision for successful Cultural Tourism Development Strategies.

Discover more about the Roadmap for Cultural Tourism development

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Best Practice Book Best practices and lesson learned from our project

Thanks to our pilots’ diversity, we developed a variety of cultural tourism scenarios in coastal, inland, rural and urban areas. Such variety leads to different socio-economic conditions. And the global political instability during the project’s years added extra-challenges but also opportunities to develop innovative solutions.
All the experiences and lessons learned from our project are collected in our Best Practices book.

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actions and success stories to follow

Actions and success stories to follow 8 mini guides to provide you with insights and ideas to develop sustainable tourism initiatives in your area.

Road to border regional cultural tourism development

Road to industrial heritage digital valorisation

Participatory and co-creation process in developing sustainable tourism

Road to digital cultural tourism

Road to integration through cultural tourism

Road to active local participation in heritage promotion

Crespi D’Adda: a village where residents and tourists can coexist

Road to ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development

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European roots Learn how Narva is reinventing its tourism sector by targeting Western visitors and boosting regional attractiveness. Watch the video to see how tourism is being revitalised, even in challenging times.

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“Cultural tourism is a one of the most effective ways to build links between territory and peoples; that is why it is the best ground for “natural” and light integration”Yaroslava Havrylova - Deputy Chief, Culture and Tourism Department of Rivne Regional State Administration

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Scientific paper

Scientific publication: dive into our researchData, analyses, and methodology that support innovative strategies for sustainable cultural tourism.

Achieving the SDGs through cultural tourism: evidence from practice in the TExTOUR project

Adapting Methods and Tools for Participatory Heritage-Based Tourism Planning to Embrace the Four Pillars of Sustainability

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Strategy and Promotion: An ICT Management Platform

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Next steps

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Cultural heritage constantly evolves, passing from hand to hand, enriched with new stories and meanings. The same goes for the TExTOUR methodology: it continues to develop and adapt, replicating the heritage and ensuring it can be continuously leveraged.

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Macedo de Cavaleiros is a small town in the northeast of Portugal where cultural and natural heritage are key resources for sustainable local development.

The Zagori region, in Greece, is characterised by a mix of natural heritage and tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

The Itinerarium Rosaliae is a cultural, naturalistic, spiritual and religious path, connecting St. Rosalia’s Hermitage places in Sicily (Italy) through a network of trails, ancient dirt roads, mule tracks and disused railways. It crosses parks and nature reserves, picturesque villages and distinctive cultural areas.

The Menjez village is located in the far North of Lebanon, in the Akkar district, 130 Km from Beirut and it is labeled as one of the most beautiful villages in Lebanon, together with 2 other settlements from the same region and is the first Fair trade town in Lebanon.

Founded during the second half of the 16th century, Sabbioneta still embodies the dream of its Prince Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna: the ideal newly-founded renaissance city, the perfect combination of symmetry and rigor with the classic Roman past.

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Macedo de Cavaleiros is a small town in the northeast of Portugal where cultural and natural heritage are key resources for sustainable local development.

The Zagori region, in Greece, is characterised by a mix of natural heritage and tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

The Itinerarium Rosaliae is a cultural, naturalistic, spiritual and religious path, connecting St. Rosalia’s Hermitage places in Sicily (Italy) through a network of trails, ancient dirt roads, mule tracks and disused railways. It crosses parks and nature reserves, picturesque villages and distinctive cultural areas.

The Menjez village is located in the far North of Lebanon, in the Akkar district, 130 Km from Beirut and it is labeled as one of the most beautiful villages in Lebanon, together with 2 other settlements from the same region and is the first Fair trade town in Lebanon.

Founded during the second half of the 16th century, Sabbioneta still embodies the dream of its Prince Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna: the ideal newly-founded renaissance city, the perfect combination of symmetry and rigor with the classic Roman past.

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ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism developmenta guide and monitoring tool for the implementation of cultural tourism strategies

Our platform provides information and data to a variety of users, including tourists, tourism operators, and decision-makers interested in cultural tourism in remote areas.

Discover the ICT Platform

Discover how the platform works

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TExTOUR

Visit our website: https://textour-project.eu/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/textour-project
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YII6hoQmgWkm3lCWfupAw

The project has received funding from the Eurioean Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N° 101004687

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Road to border regional cultural tourism development

Road to industrial heritage digital valorisation

Participatory and co-creation process in developing sustainable tourism

Road to digital cultural tourism

Road to integration through cultural tourism

Road to active local participation in heritage promotion

Crespi D’Adda: a village where residents and tourists can coexist

Road to ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development

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Overview

Chapter 1 TExTOUR's heritage

TExTOUR's HERITAGE

“In my opinion, cultural tourism is where everything should start.”

Road Map

Chapter 2

Best Practice Book

Chapter 3 actions and success stories to follow

Actions and success stories to follow

Chapter 4 VNR

European roots

“Cultural tourism is a one of the most effective ways to build links between territory and peoples; that is why it is the best ground for “natural” and light integration”

Chapter 5 Scientific paper

Scientific publication: dive into our research

Chapter 6 Next steps

Next steps

Scalable territories

ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development

Chapter 7

TExTOUR

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TExTOUR's HERITAGE

Chapter 1 TExTOUR's heritage

TExTOUR's HERITAGE
Chapter 1 TExTOUR's heritage
“In my opinion, cultural tourism is where everything should start.”

Chapter 1 TExTOUR's heritage

“In my opinion, cultural tourism is where everything should start.”
Road Map

Chapter 1 TExTOUR's heritage

Road Map
Best Practice Book

Chapter 2

Best Practice Book
Actions and success stories to follow

Chapter 3 actions and success stories to follow

Actions and success stories to follow
European roots

Chapter 4 VNR

European roots
“Cultural tourism is a one of the most effective ways to build links between territory and peoples; that is why it is the best ground for “natural” and light integration”

Chapter 4 VNR

“Cultural tourism is a one of the most effective ways to build links between territory and peoples; that is why it is the best ground for “natural” and light integration”
Scientific publication: dive into our research

Chapter 5 Scientific paper

Scientific publication: dive into our research
Next steps

Chapter 6 Next steps

Next steps
Scalable territories

Chapter 6 Next steps

Scalable territories
ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development

Chapter 6 Next steps

ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development
TExTOUR

Chapter 7

TExTOUR
Chapter 1
Infopacks

Chapter 1

Infopacks
Chapter 1 Chapter 1a
Chapter 1 Chapter 1a
Chapter 1
Chapter 1

Overview

TExTOUR's HERITAGE
“In my opinion, cultural tourism is where everything should start.”
Road Map
Best Practice Book
Actions and success stories to follow
European roots
“Cultural tourism is a one of the most effective ways to build links between territory and peoples; that is why it is the best ground for “natural” and light integration”
Scientific publication: dive into our research
Next steps
Scalable territories
ICT Platform for sustainable cultural tourism development
TExTOUR
Infopacks

This story This page

Imprint

Credits: Aldiyar Seitkassymov on Pexels, Beesmurf on Pixabey, Beyzanur K. on Pexels, Cliff , Coa Parque Foundation, Foto di u_xkvgpw9tfn da Pixabay , Hamza , Tirachard Kumtanom, Walter Carrera, https://www.globalgoals.org/resources/, lil artsy on Pexels, micheile-henderson on Unsplash, shy sol on Pexels
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