At the beginning of 2016, the EUROPETOUR team has successfully conducted the first-ever, European cultural tourism survey on qualification needs of stakeholders in rural cultural tourism among its members and networking partners from Bulgaria, Belgium, Romania, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany and Austria. During our past meeting in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel destination, we have discussed and presented all relevant conclusions from the EUROPETOUR survey. These results are now published in a report, available for download here.
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EUROPETOUR calls upon all stakeholders in cultural tourism, tourism destination management companies, local community members and economic institutions to participate in this valuable survey. Our aim is to gather experiences from cultural tourism management across Europe in order to identify areas of interest for further education and training. Participating in this survey allows us to better understand how cultural tourism in rural area works and which tools are necessary for stakeholders to achieve their goals (“more visitors”, “more overnight stays”, “more income”).
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