Enhancing the tourism development in the Central Danube cross-border region

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Croatia-Serbia

Date of latest update: 2024-09-07

Description

Description (EN):

Although Central Danube area, situated in east Croatia and west Serbia, has not been traditionally oriented towards tourism, as tourist demand shifted towards active holidays in clean environments, healthy lifestyles, culture and healthy food - stakeholders active on this economically lagging, but naturally and culturally wealthy region, saw an economic opportunity and started to invest intensively from year 2002 in hospitality structures and local offer. Still region is at the beginning of tourism development. Reason for this is poor state of tourism infrastructure, lack of standardized accommodation facilities and services, low level of marketing of cultural/natural heritage, lack of information exchange within the sector, lack of destination management system, as well as the undiversified tourist offer able to satisfy visitors’ interest for longer stay. There are no specially tailored programs offered on the market that connect attractions, products and tourism services on cross-border level. Project aims to foster tourism development by creation and promoting Central Danube cross border destination (visual identity, operative marketing plan, event development/typical products study, tourism fairs participation, PR materials), influencing skills and capacities of sector stakeholders (joint training), upgrading the organization and visibility of offer by creating joint tourist products and services presented thru 9 new thematic cross-border routes, as well as increasing tourism sector competitiveness by providing joint destination management platform and promotion tools to the target groups (Central Danube Tourism cbc Network, Danube festivals, Danube label, web site upgrade, PR material). Target groups are tourist operators, rural households, typical products producers, wine producers, local and regional authorities, tourism boards, civil society organizations active in tourism, professional bodies providing tourism-related services and local inhabitants.

Website (not verified): https://interreg-croatia-serbia.eu/2014/

Expected Results (EN): Number of overnights in the programme area.

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project's main results are: trained and educated stakeholders in tourism reached higher level of competitive and sustainable service providing in tourism; increased target group’s awareness on region’s joint tourist resources and cooperation opportunities; mapped cultural and nature related tourism resources presented in updated joint data base; upgraded tourist offer of in Central Danube cross-border region through the establishment of new tourism routes; increased quality of tourism service provided thru Danube label system; researched, analyzed and identified agro-food products traditionally present on the territory; analyzed territorial resources through event tourism study to be applied in the future event tourism development in Central Danube destination; standardized Central Danube Tourism Destination visual identity, raised competitiveness of the new destination through joint promotional material, participation at tourism fairs and co-organization of local Danube related promotional events; established Central Danube Tourism Network of stakeholders; increased regional stakeholders’ capacity in the field of the joint tourism planning; raised level of expertise in the field of tourism; high public visibility achieved through communication activities. Main results will lead to diversification of tourist offer and increase of attractiveness of targeted project area. As such it will set key conditions for generating an increase in number of overnights in Programme area.

Thematic information

Tourism

Specific Objective: To strengthen, diversify and integrate the cross-border tourism offer and better manage cultural and natural heritage assets

Thematic Priority: (d) Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Javna ustanova Županijska razvojna agencija Osječko-baranjske županije

Department: n/a

Address: Stjepana Radića, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.slavonija.hr/

Total budget: EUR 137 266.60

Grad Ilok

Name: Grad Ilok

Department: n/a

Address: Trg Nikole Iločkog 13, 32236 Ilok, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: ilok.hr

Total budget: EUR 75 447.10

Osječko – baranjska županija

Name: Osječko – baranjska županija

Department: Department for agriculture and rural development

Address: Trg Ante Starčevića 2, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: www.obz.hr

Total budget: EUR 128 831.50

Pokrajinski sekretarijat za regionalni razvoj, međuregionalnu saradnju i lokalnu samoupravu

Name: Pokrajinski sekretarijat za regionalni razvoj, međuregionalnu saradnju i lokalnu samoupravu

Address: Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 16, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://en.region.vojvodina.gov.rs/

Total budget: EUR 101 744.00

Dunavski centar za kompetenciju

Name: Dunavski centar za kompetenciju

Address: Cika Ljubina 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.danubecc.org

Total budget: EUR 132 567.00

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City of Ilok

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Public Institution County Development Agency of Osijek-Baranja County

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Osijek-Baranja County

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Provincial Secretariat for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government

Enhancing the tourism development in the Central Danube cross-border region

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Danube Competence Center

Enhancing the tourism development in the Central Danube cross-border region

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Summary

Project name (EN): Enhancing the tourism development in the Central Danube cross-border region

Project acronym: Central Danube Tour

Project start date: 2017-07-15

Project end date: 2019-03-14

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 575 856.20

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 489 477.77

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, .

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Croatia-Serbia

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-04-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

42 / 42 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

164 / 164 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-croatia-serbia2014-2020.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-22 and 2023-01-04.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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Enhancing the tourism development in the Central Danube cross-border region

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