The main target of the concept is to create a partnership with touristic stakeholders from partner countries to establish an international platform for capacity building and developing a digital and AI-operated Destination Facility System, as an IT tool, ensuring a more competitive structure in managing touristic areas. 

During the project lifetime, we intend to implement various types of project activities, such as international best practice visits, local-level training and dissemination events, elaboration of strategic documents, or pilot testing activities.

The core project concept can be summarized with the following points (this is just a basic recommendation, activities can be adjusted to your needs):

• the main objective is to strengthen tourism in less developed areas by creating an innovative IT solution (a prototype) with AI (artificial intelligence) with a special focus on cultural heritage and tourism 

• the AI solution will be developed and pilot-tested as an end-product of the project (coordination will be done by SZTAKI, a Hungarian academic partner)

• besides IT development and pilot tests, the following activities will be organized:

  • study visits and best practice observations in rural tourism promotion

  • local workshops focusing on using IT solutions in tourism

  • elaboration of thematic strategies and action plans

  • capacity-building of local-level touristic stakeholders

Based on your previous positive confirmation, the partnership is constituted by the following organizations:

• Bakony Charta Territorial Development Association (lead partner – Hungary)

• Computing and Automation Research Institute SZTAKI (Hungary)

• Public Institution for the Development of Međimurje County REDEA (Croatia)

• Murska Sobota Development Center RCMS (Slovenia)

• University of Mostar UM (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

We are looking for partners from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

 Tourism

 EU Strategy Danube Region

 INTERREG

 Artificial Intelligence