Research and analysis on sustainable tourism - Central Europe

2. MAPPING THE TERRITORIES AND
ANALYSIS OF GOVERNAMENTAL TOOLS
Each one of the partner involved in the project was asked to map its territory <strong>and</strong> identify possible
suitable areas for the implementation of sustainable tourism practices.
The <strong>analysis</strong> of the pilot areas was conducted directly by the project partners following the scheme
below:
MAPPING THE TERRITORIES
� Type of territory: it has to be indicated the type of territories chosen <strong>and</strong> the
presence/absence of m<strong>and</strong>atory <strong>and</strong> preferential characteristics
� Socio-economic profile of target territories: the data collected in this section are useful to
provide a photograph of the territory in terms of physical characteristics <strong>and</strong> socio-economic
profile.
� Tourism Resources Audit: the Tourism Resource Audit is a structured <strong>and</strong> systematic twostage
process of inventory <strong>and</strong> evaluation.
• Stage 1: involves a listing of all resources which have some connection with tourism;
• Stage 2: is about a critical evaluation of those resources in terms of their quality,
uniqueness <strong>and</strong> tourist appeal.
� Analysis of governance system: aims to underst<strong>and</strong> how <strong>and</strong> by whom is managed the
tourism system. This information is predominantly qualitative <strong>and</strong>, considering that an high
knowledge of the territory is required, the Local Guide Group should take an active part in the
data collection.
In the following paragraphs will be listed the outputs of the activity of mapping <strong>and</strong> <strong>analysis</strong> carried
out by the project partners.
This project is implemented trough the CENTRAL EUROPE programme co-financed by ERDF
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