Poreč Riviera cluster presented "THE BEST OF POREČ RIVIERA"

It is a project whose goal is to offer visitors, as well as the local population of Poreština, quality information about the wine and gastronomic offer according to the criteria of excellence.

7. March 2023.

At today's press conference in Poreč, a new touristic wine-gastronomy project was presented "THE BEST OF POREČ RIVIERA".

"The best of Poreč Riviera" is a project Tourist Boards of the Poreč Riviera Cluster whose goal is to offer visitors, as well as the local population of Poreština, quality information about the wine and gastronomic offer according to the criteria of excellence, and additionally promote authentic content through the already established tourist offer while raising the quality and enriching the tourist offer in the Cluster area.

The press conference was opened by the director of TZG Poreč, Nenad Velenik, and the presentation was attended by Sanja Žužić, director of TZO Tar-Vabriga, Ana Milohanović Čehić, director of TZO Funtan, Linda Grebac, director of TZO Kaštelir-Labinci and Lidija Brdarić, director of TZO Vižinada.

Tourist boards of the Poreč Riviera Cluster (TP Poreč, TP Tar - Vabriga, TP Funtana, TP Kaštelir-Labinci and TP Vižinada) are in August 2022 announced a tender for the evaluation and selection of restaurants, taverns, winemakers, olive growers, cheese and honey producers, pastry shops, bars and autochthonous souvenir shops operating in the area of ​​the cluster.  

The credibility of the project and the selection was guaranteed by an independent jury for evaluating the offer of facilities. The selection process began with the announcement of tenders with clearly defined criteria, and after the application, the evaluation of individual segments defined in the criteria began.

Business entities that operate in one or more of the listed categories in the area of ​​the City of Poreč and the municipalities of Tar - Vabriga, Funtana, Kaštelir - Labinci and Vižinada could apply for the competition: restaurants, taverns, gourmet establishments specializing in a certain type of food or service, beaches facilities, wineries, olive growers, cheese and honey producers, pastry shops and bars, autochthonous souvenir shops with ethnic and/or gastronomic offer, and other categories. 

The conditions for the candidate's application were the mandatory orderly operation of the entity and proper registration for all forms of activity it engages in in the category in which it competes, that the entity has been in business for at least one year before it was registered for the competition in question, and that it meets the minimum technical requirements for all forms of activity in which it is engaged in the category in which it competes.

The competition was open from August 9 to August 23, 2022, and applicants had to fill out an application form that contains the basic data of the business entity, a brief description of the activity and the arguments on the basis of which it is applying for inclusion in the list "The best of Poreč Riviera" The application form for the competition was published on the websites of the Tourist Boards of the Poreč Riviera cluster, and information about the invitation was published in the daily press and local radio stations.

Basic information and data on the business, as well as qualitative indicators on the type and content of the offer, and other significant parameters were collected through field checks, direct interviews and a snapshot of the situation.

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The criteria and standards for application, selection and inclusion in the list "The best of Poreč Riviera" are determined by the rulebook for the evaluation and selection of candidates. The evaluation was carried out by an expert jury consisting of five members appointed by the Tourist Boards of the Poreč Riviera cluster.

After the evaluation, a brochure of the same name was prepared and will be distributed in information centers of tourist boards, travel agencies and hotel receptions. The brochure was printed in 5.000 copies, and you can view it HERE.

Through the Public tender for the allocation of funds for projects of joint tourist boards in 2022, 100.000 HRK of grants were awarded from the Fund for Joint Tourist Boards for the implementation of this project to the tourist boards of the Poreč Riviera cluster. 

Source, photo: Poreč Tourist Board

7. March 2023.