The project TAKE IT SLOW - "Smart and Slow Tourism Supporting Adriatic Heritage for Tomorrow" is a strategic project implemented within the operational program INTERREG Italy - Croatia 2014 - 2020, which is carried out by the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, and the University of Zadar one of the partners .
The total value of the project is € 3.764.695,71, with the University of Zadar having a budget of € 260.034,00. The goal of the University of Zadar, as one of the partners in the TAKE IT SLOW project, is to create preconditions for the development of innovative eno-gastronomic tourism products based on the concept of the so-called “Slow food” from Ravni kotari.
"This project is designed to strategically manage and promote the Adriatic as a sustainable, green and smart European tourist region, through the establishment of a value chain in tourism based on the principles of smart specialization. The Adriatic Sea is surrounded by numerous small communities, both on islands and in coastal and inland areas, and the lifestyle of these communities is still mostly in harmony with the environment and has remained authentic and based on traditional knowledge and skills ", conclude at the University of Zadar.
Through the project, solutions will be developed for management of micro tourist destinations, to encourage local communities to be actively involved in finding solutions to the impacts that tourism has on them, but also to preserve their natural and cultural heritage as well as lifestyle.
"The project will also develop tools to help respond to the demands of the tourism market in a timely manner, in order to balance the seasonality of tourism activities in natural and cultural heritage sites. As the project is carried out in collaboration with scientists and the local community, it will be based on different lifestyles research and different aspects of tangible and intangible and cultural and natural heritage in micro areas. This is exactly the role of the University of Zadar, as a research-oriented educational institution that connects scientific research and projects., according to the University of Zadar.
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