Escape2 – Supporting the Development of Transnational Thematic Tourism Strategy

The Escape2 project aims to involve in the tourism section, rural regions of European countries, territories with a lower level of productivity and employment but rich in landscapes and heritage. In order to accomplish this, the project addresses specific needs detected in these areas, relatively scarce or non-existent experiences of rural tourism with integrated strategies and integrated development policy/territorial focused on tourism as a key element for economic growth. The main objective of the project is to develop a common strategy that integrates all participating countries and allows for an effective impact on local communities and economy. Through the project activities and the training modules, Escape2 hopes to involve actors that often have no access to knowledge and information and lack the capacity to ensure the viability of their natural and cultural heritage and need to be strongly informed, trained and supported to plan and adopted an innovative tourism strategy where they can play an important role. This Strategy will be created confronting local situations, sharing best practices and finding common needs: the network will be actually built amongst similar destinations to develop the benchmark values necessary for quality comparison.