BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

Programme 2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN): BizCycle project aims at supporting and developing touristic and hospitality entrepreneurship and SMEs by the means of promoting and boosting offers that foster enhanced ecosystem for the cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

Description (FI): BizCycle hankkeessa tuetaan ja kehitetään turismi- ja matkailupalveluihin keskittyneiden yritysten ja yrittäjien toimintaa lisäämällä raja-alueen pyöräily- ja ekoturismin vetovoimaisuutta.

Description (RU):

Проект BizCycle направлен на поддержку и развитие МиСП, работающих в туристическом и гостиничном бизнесе, путем расширения номенклатуры предлагаемых ими услуг, а также повышения привлекательности трансграничного вело- и экотуризма.

Achievements (EN):

For development of cycling and eco tourism three international and a lot of local cycling routes were developed under project in cooperation with cycling and SMEs communities and published on cycleadvisor.org portal, developed in project. During the project, developed routes were promoted with different events. Printed maps were published and disseminated of developed routes in English, Russian and Finnish. A study course with 30 participants was to train guide-instructors on cycling routes. For boosting capacity of SMEs the following methods were use: learning, consolidation and providing the new opportunities with modern IT-tools. A publication "Methodological recommendations for cycling and ecological tourism entrepreneurship” was development and published with help of external experts in order to improve the competence of SMEs. The book was published in Russian and Finnish with 1000 copies containing advices and recommendations related to cross-border cycling tourism from SME’s viewpoint. 1 new regional on-line SMEs support structure "B2C" (i.e. Business to Cyclists) association created with members from Russia and Finland.

Achievements (FI):

Pyöräily- ja ekoturismin kehittämiseksi ohjelma-alueella, hankkeessa luotiin kolme kansainvälistä pyöräilyreittiä yhteistyössä yritys ja pyöräily-yhteisöjen kanssa. Reittien tiedot julkaistiin CycleAdvisor.org. portaalissa, joka myös kehitettiin hankkeessa. Kehitettyjä pyöräreittejä markkinoitiin hankkeen aikana erilaisin tapahtumin. Reiteistä painettiin ja levitettiin karttoja englanniksi, venäjäksi ja suomeksi. Hankkeen aikana järjestettiin koulutus, jossa 30 osallistujaa koulutettiin toimimaan matka-oppaina luoduilla reiteillä. PK-yritysten osaamisen kasvattamiseksi käytettiin seuraavia metodeja: oppiminen, lujittaminen ja uusien mahdollisuuksien hyödyntäminen IT-työkalujen avulla. PK-yritysten kompetenssin kasvattamiseksi julkaistiin myös kirja ”Suosituksia pyöräily- ja luontomatkailuyrityksille”. Kirjaa painettiin 1000 kappaletta suomeksi ja venäjäksi ja se sisältää neuvoja ja suosituksia rajat ylittävään pyöräilyturismiin liittyen PK-yritysten näkökulmasta. Hanketyön tuloksena perustettiin myös suomalaisista ja venäläisistä toimijoista koostuva yhdistys BC2 (Business to Cyclists), jonka tavoitteena on tukea ohjelma-alueen PK-yrityksiä.

Website: https://bizcycle.ifmo.ru/en/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Realisation of thematic and project specific indicators: following indicators verified covering the whole implementation period: Number of enterprises participating in cross-border business events 90/90 Number of business organisations receiving support for new business opportunities and/or modernization of businesses 20/30 Number of created structures for regional SME support 1/1 Pilot packages of unique tourist services "on a turnkey basis" 5/5 A tool for touristic opportunities, featuring a trip-planning assistant 1/1 Mobile application representing the touristic opportunities of the cross-border region 1/1 (these two indicators refer to same output) An interregional Partneriat for touristic SMEs. 1/1 A number of developed bicycle routes 3/ 3.

Thematic information

Tourism SME and entrepreneurship

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: ITMO University

Address: Kronverksky pr. 49, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ifmo.ru

Total budget: EUR 225 860.69

Cursor Oy, Kotkan-Haminan seudun kehittämisyhtiö

Name: Cursor Oy, Kotkan-Haminan seudun kehittämisyhtiö

Address: Kyminlinnantie 6 , 48600 Kotka, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cursor.fi

Total budget: EUR 172 274.00

State budgetary institution of the Leningrad region «Information tourist centre»

Name: State budgetary institution of the Leningrad region «Information tourist centre»

Address: Smolnogo street 3, 191311 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lentravel.ru

Total budget: EUR 114 054.53

FRUCT Oy

Name: FRUCT Oy

Address: Kissankellontie 20B, 00930 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.fructs.com

Total budget: EUR 227 957.24

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Cursor Oy, Kotka-Hamina Regional Development Company

BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

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State budgetary institution of the Leningrad region «Information tourist centre»

BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

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FRUCT Oy

BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

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ITMO University

BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

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Summary

Project name (EN): BizCycle: boosting offers and promotion of touristic and hospitality SMEs by fostering enhanced ecosystem for cross-border bicycling and eco-tourism.

Project acronym: BizCycle

Project start date: 2018-11-01

Project end date: 2021-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 740 146.45

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 345 904.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 48.00%

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 129 264.00

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2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

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2024-01-29

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71 / 71 (100%)

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

320 / 320 (100%)

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