Develop a new joint attractive ‘Tourist Product’ for the ‘Single AuthentiKK Destination’

Design and Develop a new tourist product including the whole experience the tourist can enjoy – a comprehensive 3-day cross-border AuthentiKK tour package. The proposed trip would start at a) National Park “Bredhi i Drenovës” in Albania and include hiking to the b) Church of Ristozi (Kisha e Ristozit) in Mborje (the oldest church in the Balkans), then hiking  to c) Morava mountain and paragliding down towards the Albanian-Greek border and taking a mini-bus (shuttle) trip towards c) the protected settlements of old town of Kastoria, named “Ntoltso” with the mansions of the unique byzantine architecture, the walking tour of the dozens of the byzantine churches of Kastoria, their history and the magnificent paintings in them and the beautiful stone paths surrounding the old town, hiking through the city and d) a trip to the Dragon Cave and a boat ride to e) ‘Limneos Ikismos’, a prehistoric settlement.  

Comprehensive Tourism Destination Management Plan & for both regions

Design and deliver a Comprehensive Tourism Destination Management Plan for the selected areas Kastoria and Korca – setting a clear vision for development of the brand for the selected sites in both regions with short-term and long-term focus which will also include marketing activities over a 5-year period.  it will include also establishment of strategy for development of the brand of the cross-border AuthentiKK tourist product.

As a final activity a Project Closing Event will be heldin the city Korça, Albania. It will focus on communicating project’s overall impact and its results; presentation of project activities; while also serving as a formal public launch platform of the digital travel products developed within the framework of the project and the restored culture and heritage sites. The event will include the presentation of the new ‘AuthentiKK Tourist Product’ in the form of the live screening of the short promo film on the activities included in the Cross-border 3-day Tourist package.