Imagine turning a quiet village's hidden history or old farming traditions into a way to make money without ruining the local vibe. Instead of big crowds and hotels, it's about small-scale experiences where locals get paid fairly and visitors get a real, authentic feel of the place. It's like creating a neighborhood club where everyone wins and the local culture stays protected.
Rural and remote areas often lack economic opportunities and struggle to monetize their cultural heritage without destroying it through mass tourism.
A set of alternative business models and the FaCS-Tourism approach, tested through pilot cases in diverse European territories.
If you are a boutique tour operator dealing with the decline of traditional sightseeing—this project developed alternative business models that use hidden biocultural heritage to attract high-value, conscious travelers. This allows you to offer unique experiences in remote areas while ensuring local communities benefit directly.
If you are a rural development agency dealing with depopulation and economic stagnation—this project developed a Fair, Creative and Sustainable Tourism (FaCS-Tourism) approach. This helps you create jobs and diversify income for residents by leveraging non-touristic heritage.
If you are a heritage site manager dealing with the risk of over-tourism or 'touristification'—this project developed payment-for-services and benefit redistribution mechanisms. This ensures that the money generated from visitors actually goes back into protecting the site and supporting the local people.
Based on available project data, specific pricing is not mentioned, but the project focuses on creating 'payment-for-services' mechanisms and social contracts for benefit redistribution.
The project focuses on 'community-based tourism' in rural and remote areas, suggesting a decentralized, small-scale approach rather than industrial scaling to avoid negative impacts.
Based on available project data, there is no specific mention of patents or licensing terms; it is structured as a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) to provide policy recommendations and models.
The project period runs from 2024-03-01 to 2027-02-28, indicating a multi-year development and testing cycle for these models.
The project uses participatory and collaborative approaches to align the self-image of local communities with the expectations of visitors, integrating directly into local governance and citizen engagement.
The consortium is well-balanced for a research-to-application project, consisting of 11 partners across 10 countries. With a 27% industry ratio (including 3 SMEs), there is a clear bridge between the 5 universities and the practical market, ensuring that the developed business models are grounded in real-world economic viability.
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