Project Description
The European Union has a formal view on tourism which is followed by all countries. In fact tourism is the third largest socioeconomic activity in the European Union, making an important contribution to the EU economy and to job creation. Europe is the most visited region in the world. However, tourism in other regions is growing faster and Europe's market share, in terms of international tourist arrivals and receipts, is shrinking. Tourism businesses in the EU are confronted with a number of changes in tourist profile and behaviour, for example in terms of age, country of origin, how they plan and buy their travel, or which mode of transport they use. The main aim of the project is to foster the Sustainability Education: Focusing on Hospitality, Tourism, and Cultural Heritage promoting it in school communities and to correlating it with the first chosen priority in various ways such as mainstreaming innovative and active pedagogies such as interdisciplinary teaching and new collaborative methods.
Target Groups
Although mainly addressed to pupils, teachers and families directly involved in the project, we expect an influence on the whole educational community of the partner schools involved as well in their societies.
Project Objectives
- To involve young people into positive sustainability and cultural activities of the country, to acquire students with skills for sustainability awareness initiatives in the world of tourism, to enable access to the traditions, changes in the region, country, the European Union and the world;
- to provide teaching-learning materials in the field of sustainable tourism adapted for embedding them effectively in school curricula;
- to raise awareness of possibilities and added value of embedding sustainability skills in tourism in curricula among educational professionals;
- to create a climate in which the appreciation of the rich mosaic of European cultures is stimulated;
- to inform the public and the political authorities about the need to protect cultural heritage against new threats
