Improvement of Active Tourism in Border Region
| Approximate total Project budget in EUR: | 1 413 603.88 |
| ERDF co-financing in EUR: | 1 201 563.30 |
| Project Duration: | 03/2009 - 07/2011 |
| Priority: | Encouragement of Socio Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Region |
| Direction: | 2. Improvement of Internal and External Accessibility of the Border Regions |
| Application Call: | 1 |
Summary Description of the Project:
The project focuses on socio-economic development of Baltic Sea Border Region of Lithuania and Latvia improving accessibility of active tourism infrastructure: logistics and visitor places (long and short term stop/resting places, and visitor centres). The development will be backed up by a feasibility study for further construction of bicycle route up into Latvian territory with recommendations for implementation as well as developing a joint marketing activity via development of marketing tools for promotion of the new tourism route.
The cross border municipalities involved are Klaipeda district, Palanga town (Lithuania, Klaipeda region), Nica and Rucava local municipalities (Latvia, Kurzeme region). The absence of the border bicycle route does not allow to develop velo-tourism. This does not allow this part of bicycle route to be introduced into EUROVELO 10 route to meet EU standards and provide quality velo-tourism product to ensure services flow along the Baltic Sea coast. Klaipeda and Palanga municipalities do have bicycles routes, while bicycles routes from Palanga towards Latvian border and into the Latvian territory with adequate resting and visitor places do not exist at the moment.
The objective of the project is to improve the accessibility of active tourism routes along Lithuanian-Latvian border by promoting velo-tourism and exchange of best practices in the field of active tourism between two countries.
The cross border municipalities involved are Klaipeda district, Palanga town (Lithuania, Klaipeda region), Nica and Rucava local municipalities (Latvia, Kurzeme region). The absence of the border bicycle route does not allow to develop velo-tourism. This does not allow this part of bicycle route to be introduced into EUROVELO 10 route to meet EU standards and provide quality velo-tourism product to ensure services flow along the Baltic Sea coast. Klaipeda and Palanga municipalities do have bicycles routes, while bicycles routes from Palanga towards Latvian border and into the Latvian territory with adequate resting and visitor places do not exist at the moment.
The objective of the project is to improve the accessibility of active tourism routes along Lithuanian-Latvian border by promoting velo-tourism and exchange of best practices in the field of active tourism between two countries.
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Progress report:
Within this Project:
- Reconstruction works of 12 km bicycle route Palanga-Šventoji are done.
- More than 4 km of bicycle route has been reconstructed.
- EUROVELO requirement are met and width of routs are 3,25 meters.
- Administration of the Klaipeda district Municipality, Nica and Rucava Municipality Councils have prepared 2 long-term resting places – tourism information centres adopted to the bicycle tourists needs (in Gargzdai town and Nica) and 4 short-term resting places (Nica and Rucava).
- Workshop “Development Opportunities of Bicycle Tourism Infrastructure in Lithuania – Latvia Border”, designed for architects and territory planners.
- Project logo and slogan have been created – “By bicycle along the sea!”. Booklets "Pape Natural Park and Rucava" have been prepared.
Lead partner:
| Palangos miesto savivaldybės administracija |
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Vytauto str. 73, Palanga, LT-00134 , Lithuania Tel.: +370460 51225 Fax: +370460 40 217 Website: www.palanga.lt Contact person: Irena Satkauskiene E-mail: irena.satkauskiene@palanga.lt |
