SLOW TOUR | |||||
Period: | 2011 | ||||
Client: | European Commission (DG-Enterprise), subcontracted through Comunitá Montana Associazione dei Comuni Trasimeno-Medio Tevere | ||||
Product: | Final report: Manual of excellence in lake tourism in Europe | ||||
SLOW TOUR (Sustainable Lake Oriented Walking Tourism) is a project funded by the European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry within the Programme Competiveness and Innovation Framework (CIP) under the call “Knowledge Networks for the competitiveness and sustainability of European tourism”. ![]() CSTT's contribution was mainly focused on a Sustainability Impact Assessment of a number of European lake destinations, and the development of indicators and benchmarks for sustainable tourism products in lake areas. ![]() Sustainability Impact Assesment pie graph for a lake area Lago Trasimeno (photo: Peeters)
For SLOW TOUR, the NHTV Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport was subcontracted through Comunitá Montana Associazione dei Comuni Trasimeno - Medio Tevere (Italy). The other parties are Global Nature FUND, representing the Living Lakes network, and the University of Perugia. The project ran from June 2010 to November 2011.
The final product, the Manual of excellence in lake tourism in Europe, can be downloaded here: ![]() An important annex, containing full results of the project's visitor survey, GIS analysis and Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the participating lakes, can be downloaded here: ![]() The Manual can be cited as follows: Canalicchio, M., Montagnoli, L., Boggia, A., Cortina, C., Paolotti, L., Pitteri, A., Rocchi, L., Eijgelaar, E., Jeuring, J., Landré, M., Nawijn, J., Peeters, P., Piket, P., Hammerl, M., Jablonski, S. (2011). Manual of excellence in lake tourism in Europe. Magione, Italy: Comunità Montana Associazione dei Comuni Trasimeno - Medio Tevere; University of Perugia DSEEA; NHTV CSTT; Global Nature Fund. ![]() |