1.3 People-To-People Networking

The project aims at preserving the cultural heritage and customs of the cross-border area through joint actions, raising awareness of the impact of culture on the erosion of borders, improving the tourist offer of the cross-border area, raising the capacities of local actors and promoting the tourist offer by maintaining events in the border area.

The main project activities are:

1. Organization of event ''Vurdijada'';
2. Study ''Improvement of tourism potentials in Babušnica and CB area”;
3. Study ,,Future of Vurdijada'';
4. Visibility;
5. Organization of a Final conference.

Project output: “Vurdijada” event held in a new format, a larger number of attendees, greater benefits for local budgets, greater funds for culture and preservation of heritage; two elaborated studies on ''Improvement of tourism potentials in Babušnica and CB area” and ,,Future of Vurdijada''; visibility activities taken and one final conference organized.  

Target Groups    The entire population in the border area, as well as the guests who attended the events. The direct participants in the project realization are the persons who are part of the management team from Municipality of Babušnica and partners from Bulgaria, as well as participants from the field of culture. Long-term beneficiaries of the project will be inhabitants of the cross-border region and local authorities.

Elaborated study ''Improvement of tourism potentials in Babušnica and CB area”

Elaborated study ,,Future of Vurdijada''

Elaborated study for improvement of tourism potentials based on cultural heritage

Project objective is to employ virtual reality technologies for tourism development through the creation of open source virtual reality tourism services based on education and increased local capacity.

Planned activities: Development of virtual reality Guides for windows, web, mobile phones and virtual reality glasses; Organisation of training for virtual reality - intermediate level; Organisation of trainings for virtual reality - advanced level; Setting up virtual reality points with glasses for virtual reality; Holding of conference for virtual reality products for tourism promotion.

Expected results: Developed 2 virtual reality Guides for promotion of 2 cross-border tourism sites on Windows, web, mobile application for phones, VR glasses; Establishment of 4 VR points; Created capacity for 25 local enthousiasts to develop VR products; Produced and maintained web-site for virtual reality in favour of tourism promotion and respective awareness campaign.

Useful materials:
Textbook "Photography and Camera" in Bulgarian:
http://virtualreality212ipa.com/…/Publikacija%20Bugarski…
Textbook "Photography and Camera" in Serbian:
http://virtualreality212ipa.com/…/Manual%20na%20srpskom…

Useful links:

Website:http://virtualreality212ipa.com/
Facebook page: Virtual reality for education and tourism development
YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDSj0sq3-0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfbo0LXtaGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dnjd_CRfxg&feature=emb_logo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT7IttZcMyU…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voZSTtj2v2g…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhwYG1uYKV8…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrZfZ4WBdM…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDSj0sq3-0w…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8uCQQiSdA…