1.2 Cross-Border Touristic Product:

The project aims through development and establishment of a new touristic product - "new touristic destinations in the villages" to increase the social and economic status of the people in the CBC region. region.

Planned activities:

1. Research on the local traditions and rituals;
2. Supply of equipment, renovation and creation of ethnographic expositions;
3. Joint camp of amateurs from the districts of Kyustendil and Pchinja (two 4-days camps);
4. Participation of the direct beneficiaries in six local fairs;
5. Upgrading a web site;
6. Elaborating of a promotional film and an advertising video clip;
7. Elaborating of a paper catalogue "Natural, historical and cultural heritage in the villages of Kyustendil and Pchinja".

Expected results:

1. Conducted research on the local traditions and rituals here;
2. Created an innovative and sustainable tourist model;
3. Popularized new tourist destinations related forgotten traditions and rituals;
4. Improved vision of the villages, raised tourist flow and preserved young people in their native places;
5. Conducted Joint camp of amateurs from the districts of Kyustendil and Pchinja (two 4-days camps).

The project target groups are the local communities - the population of the villages and towns of the CBC region, craftsmen, community centers, cultural centers, amateurs, tour operators, restaurateurs, hoteliers.

Updated website: https://crafts-bg-sr.eu/

Created promotional film and advertising video clip: here and here

Created paper catalogue "Natural, historical and cultural heritage in the villages of Kyustendil and Pchinja": here

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5agMSrip8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSI0qWw3A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbjKJtTkTI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QP81ETaS6U

Publications:

http://kuber-press.com/fullnews.php?id_news=36381

http://vladicinhanvesti.rs/odrzana-uvodna-konferencija-nove-mogucnosti-za-odrziv-turizam-u-selima/

https://jugmedia.rs/da-mladi-ostanu-u-zavicaju/

http://haninfo.rs/2021/02/08/turizam-na-selu/

http://kuber-press.com/fullnews.php?id_news=36810

http://kuber-press.com/fullnews.php?id_news=37214

http://vladicinhanvesti.rs/realizacija-programa-prekogranicne-saradnje-sa-republikom-bugarskom/

https://www.okradio.rs/vesti/lokalne/nove-mogucnosti-za-odrziv-turizam-u-selima-sansa-za-opstine-pcinjskog-okruga-_84720.html