1.2 Cross-Border Touristic Product:

The project aims at raising the tourist attractiveness of the region and creating sustainable tourist products, based on local resources in the field of the intangible cultural heritage – authentic cuisine.

Project activities:

1. Inventory of the local tourism resource through joint research;
2. Joint development of a "Strategy for development of culinary tourism in the cross-border region Vidin - Bor";
3. Training cycle;
4. Festival of fish and fish salamura in the village of Koshava;
5. Culinary competition in the village of Ostrel.

Expected outputs:

1. Elaborated study of traditional cuisine;
2. Created and promoted common touristic product;
3. Enhanced knowledge and skills and motivated key figures for the development of culinary tourism;
4. Created stimulating and balanced sustainable development of the Vidin-Bor CB region.

Target groups: Local cooks and restaurateurs preparing authentic cuisine; Travel companies, tour operators, tour guides and other key figures related to tourism development; Tourists; Cultural organizations and others concerned with the intangible heritage of the region; Local authorities and other public bodies involved in tourism; the citizens of Vidin and Bor districts.