Cycling Tourism is one of the most fast growing tourism activities. In Germany more than four million active mountain bikers are known. In any area where long distance routes have been explored, described and promoted the number of guests increasing quickly. On the Danube Cycling Trail (started in 1984) more than 400,000 cyclists have been counted in 2010 and 680,000 in 2017. They generate 18.5 Mio. over nights. Therefore, experienced cyclists, authors...
The Iron Curtain Trail This is a project uniting the efforts of six Carpathian countries, contributing to improvement of accessibility of the South East Europe (SEE) regions by bicycle; to connection of SEE regions by European long distance cycling route; to realisation of opportunities for cycling and public transport connections; to promotion of cycling and combined sustainable mobility and tourism; to improvement of knowledge,...
Touristic heritage in Little-Europe A Hungarian – Romanian – Ukrainian project aimed at creating heritage tourism attractions; developing a touristic product by the attraction of the heritage in the 3 counties; improving professional competencies for target groups in those countries; creating a standard image, Little-Europe as an integrated destination; organisational development as setting up a new cluster to sustain the values of...
Breaking The Borders: Nature Discovery Trails to Eastern Carpathians Romanian and Ukrainian partners were developing a system of tourism circuits that provide rich experiences of the Carpathian nature by utilizing the existing and developing new infrastructures and education / visitor facilities, and by integrating tourism circuits into the livelihood activities of local people enabling the flow of benefits from tourism activities to the local...
Green Podkarpacie, – popularization of biodiversity in the ecosystem field The main objective of the project is to increase public awareness of the most valuable natural sites of Podkarpacie Voivodeship and their biodiversity click to read. This Polish project includes environmental education and sustainable tourism promotion activities.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) Project duration: October, 2014 – September, 2015 Lead...
Carpathian Sustainable Tourism
Yours to discoverThe Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center, based in Uzhhorod is a joint initiative of the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centers with the support of the European Wilderness Society with offices in Ukraine, Austria, Slovakia and Germany. The Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center, based in Uzhhorod has a dedicated multi-cultural and inter-diszplinary professional team of sustainable tourism experts, nature conservation specialists, marketing and business professionals, legal advisors and project managers whose mission is to develop projects and promote the intensive cooperation of the tourism sector actors from all the Carpathian countries in the implementation of the tasks listed in the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Strategy through an active network of relevant partners.
Learn MoreThe Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center in Ukraine (Uzhhorod) in close cooperation with the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center Poland and Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Centre Romania will assist the seven national Parties of the Carpathian Convention and their stakeholders in implementing the Carpathian Convention Protocol on Sustainable Tourism and its Strategy for the Sustainable Tourism Development of the Carpathians. The Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Center in Ukraine (Uzhhorod) will develop Carpathian wide sustainable tourism projects. It will also harmonise and coordinate country-specific, as well as Carpathian wide tourism approaches by providing a common understanding and umbrella platform for planning and management of sustainable tourism. It is part of the comprehensive efforts of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention to coordinate the responsible use, protection and promotion of the Carpathians as a sustainable tourism destination.
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