Presentation
CULTURREG – Develop Cultural Tourism is a project witch is part of the Program for European Initiative INTERREG III B 2000 – 2006, Azores – Madeira – Canárias, this project was developed during four different stages, between October 2006 and May 2008.
It upholds and supports the development of cultural tourism in Macaronésia (Atlantic Islands), contributing to a closer cooperation among different cities in the region, and an overall improvement of these destinations.
Objectives
It’s targeted to the cities visitors promoting the cultural heritage, creating and improving new products and various points of interest, but also to the local resident with the underlying intention of alerting people’s conscience to the importance of all cultural heritages and being able to appreciate them. Promoting culture in a way that is congruent and paced with the local social and economic life is a major asset for tourism, simultaneously providing the visitor with an enjoyable alternative. In addition to creating a new product, CULTURAL TOURISM, we will be sustaining a different but crucial element of the market.
Partners
Head Office - Sociedade de Desenvolvimento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife;
Partners - Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada, Instituto Municipal para o Emprego e Formação de Las Palmas, ACIF-CCIM e DRAC.
Budget
Final Cost - €1.061.430, 56
Co-financed by FEDER - € 902.215,98
DRAC – €159.214,58
Sociedade de Desenvolvimento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Head Office) – €243.371,39
Secretaria Regional de Educação e Cultura (DRAC) – €230.035,00
Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada – €172.880,78
Câmara de Comércio e Indústria da Madeira – ACIF-CCIM – €76.675,00
Instituto para o Emprego e Formação de Las Palmas – €179.263,81