Newsletter
TExTOUR: the end of our journey, the beginning of yours
Dear readers, our journey across Europe and beyond, to discover and valorise cultural heritage, has ended. Our path concludes, but yours is just beginning.
Rethinking Cultural Tourism in Europe and beyond
The EU-funded project TExTOUR co-designed pioneering and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to improve deprived areas in Europe and beyond.
Our goal? To integrate cultural heritage, tourism activities and local communities – sustainably. The result? A greener environment, a healthier economy and happier people.
Pilots
Eight diverse and complementary “cultural tourism” areas allowed us to test a wide range of scenarios: inland and coastal, rural and urban, and remote.
Press releases
TExTOUR: a journey across sustainable cultural tourism in Europe and beyond
TExTOUR is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020, from January 2021 to September 2024. It sees the participation of 18 partners, coordinated by Fundación Santa María la Real, from 13 countries, covering all the sections of the social innovation helix (knowledge, business, society, government, and entrepreneurs).
TExTOUR shares its achievements and resources for the future of sustainable tourism
TExTOUR is an EU-funded project that aims to co-design pioneering and sustainable strategies for cultural tourism, intending to improve disadvantaged areas in Europe and beyond. Through the experience gained in its eight pilot sites, the project has developed tangible results, recommendations and methodologies to increase the benefits of tourism on local communities.
