Representatives of the local community gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing rural areas, with a particular focus on the Municipality of Gotse Delchev. The event brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including local authorities represented by the Chairperson of the Municipal Council, village mayors, directors of educational institutions, long-standing partners, the Local Action Group Gotse Delchev–Garmen–Hadzhidimovo, the Labor Office, the Youth Center – Gotse Delchev, active community centres and digital hubs, businesses, NGOs, and citizens.
Priority: №4 "Sustainable development of fisheries areas"
Measure the Operational Program: №4.1 "Development of fisheries areas"
Measure of SCM 2.1. Restructuring and redirecting economic activities, in particular by promoting eco-tourism, provided that these activities do not result in an increase in fishing effort
The overall objective of the project: Development of the fishing area as a leading tourist destination in the Western Rhodopes through development of tourist products and services with high added value and integrated promotion of the territory.
Project results:
- Developed capacity of the stakeholders for sustainable tourist practices - organized and implemented 8 two-day training workshops in tourism
- Developed tourist packages (goods and services) with high added value - 4 new tourist packages
- Marketing of the destination - specialized bilingual thematic brochure to present the opportunities for tourism in the territory; small book with recommendations for environmental behavior in the region of the water objects from the territory, articles in specialized national publications, representing the opportunities for tourism and fishing in the fishing area; publicity through 2 press-conferences, elaborated and placed information board.
- Exchange of experience and promotion of good practices, related with the development of sustainable tourism - good practices research, organized study visit
Diversification and Promotion of Tourism Products and Services in the High Western Rhodopes Fishing Area Project BG-04HWR-2.1-010 is implemented by Business Incubator - Gotse Delchev, Entrepreneurship Promotion Centre under Operative Programme for Development of Fishing Sector of Republic Bulgaria, financed by the European fund for fishing for the Programme Period 2007-2013.
