{"id":4175,"date":"2021-05-25T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelagonijaregion.mk\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2021-05-25T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:45:14","slug":"increasing-tourism-opportunities-through-utilization-of-resources-i-tour-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelagonijaregion.mk\/en\/2021\/05\/25\/increasing-tourism-opportunities-through-utilization-of-resources-i-tour-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Tourism Opportunities through Utilization of Resources- I-TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 29 March, 2019 the Center for Development of the Pelagonia Planning Region organized a promotional conference for the project: Increasing Tourism Opportunities through Utilization of Resources I-TOUR funded under the Cross-border Program with the Republic of Greece 2014-2020.
\nLead partner of the project is the Center for development of the Pelagonija planning region, while remaining partners in the implementation are: National Park Pelister, Faculty of Tourism and hospitality- Ohrid ,National Park Prespa (GR) and Faculty of Business Administration \u2013 Thessaloniki (GR).
\nThe main goal of the project is to improve the attractiveness and promotion of the cross-border region of Pelagonia \/ Florina \/ Thessaloniki and increase employment in tourism.
\nThis project addresses common challenges in the area of tourism in the cross-border region, such as; lack of a common cross-border tourism product, low level of sustainable use of natural resources-and low percentage of people in the rural areas of the cross-border region who work and earn from tourism.
\nFor the first time, this project will work through a multifunctional approach to improve the tourism sector in the cross-border region of Pelagonia \/ Florina \/ Thessaloniki, including: capacity building, networking, development of a joint sustainable tourism cross border product, sustainable management of cultural and natural wealth as well as marketing and promotion of the tourism potentials of the cross-border region.
\nThe event was attended by relevant stakeholders in the field of tourism from the public, private, non-governmental and academic sectors. The conference was officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Local Self-Government \u2013 Dejan Pavleski, and the Mayor of the Municipality of Bitola and also President of the Council for Development of the Pelagonija Region \u2013 Natasha Petrovska, as well as the Head of the Center for Development of the Pelagonija Plan region -Gogo Vidimche.<\/p>\n