Public call for grants in less developed areas of Istria conducted

The Administrative Department for Tourism of the County of Istria has published a Public Call for Grants under the Program for Encouraging Projects and Products in Less Developed Areas in 2022.

The main goal of the support is to encourage sustainable and balanced development of Istria, the development of year-round tourism and the creation of a comprehensive experience of Istria as a tourist destination. A total of HRK 170.000 is planned for the implementation of this program in the budget of the County of Istria, and the maximum possible amount of individual support is HRK 50.000.

The program encourages DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST PRODUCTS AND SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECTS IN LESS DEVELOPED TOURIST AREAS OF ISTRIA, and grants are awarded for the development of public tourism infrastructure and selective forms of tourism, such as outdoor, active and sports tourism, excursion (touring), cultural and religious tourism, eno-gastronomic, congress and wellness tourism, and for projects that valorize autochthonous values, Istrian tradition, culture and customs.

The costs of arranging, equipping and marking promenades, hiking, mountaineering, educational and other thematic trails, arranging, equipping and marking picnic areas, climbing areas, lookouts, caves, and other points of interest, which are part of a whole, are co-financed. continued arranging and equipping thematic houses, museums and interpretation centers for the purpose of bringing the tourist function, and designing a specific tourist product, promotion and marketing, and setting up bicycle counters on arranged bicycle and hiking trails.

Eligible applicants are local self-government units, local tourist boards and public cultural institutions whose founders are local self-government units.

The deadline for submitting applications is March 7, 2022, The text of the public call and all the necessary information for online registration and application of projects have been published here

Photo by Julien Duval / Source: Istria County Administrative Department for Tourism