Transnational Conference on Sustainability and Culture: Building New Opportunities in Vlore, Albania

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Explore the significance of sustainable tourism development and cultural preservation discussed at the transnational conference held in Vlore, Albania. The event highlighted the importance of utilizing environmental resources responsibly, respecting local communities, and creating economic opportunities while safeguarding heritage. The potential of cultural tourism lies in innovative business models focusing on heritage values, diverse products, and niche tourism. Additionally, the IRC HERMES Project by AULEDA aims to digitize cultural heritage for preservation and accessibility to tourists and educational platforms.

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TRANSNATIONAL CONFERENCE SUSTAINABILITY AND CULTURE BUILDING NEW OPPORTUNITIES REGIONAL DIRECTORATE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE &AULEDA-LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. VLORE, ALBANIA TRIESTE, 21OCTOBER 2022

1. Make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to conserve natural heritage and biodiversity. 2. Respect the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, conserve their built and living cultural heritage and traditional values, and contribute to inter-cultural understanding and tolerance. 3. operations, benefits distributed, including stable employment and income-earning opportunities services to host contributing to poverty alleviation. Ensure viable, providing all long-term economic socio-economic that to stakeholders are and social and communities,

The main CCI subsectors of the Vlore Region (NUTS3) Cultural tourism including museums, archaeological sites, churches etc. Cultural activities (opera, theatre, cinema, festivals) Handcraft activities Other CCI subsectors include music, dance, photography, art galleries, interior design and textile mode. CCI sector inAlbania contributes with 2% of the GDP

The potential of the cultural tourism lies in the development business models, relying on: of new 1. multidimensional heritage values and communication of these values 2. through diversification of products and smart specialization specific niche tourism culinary, eco-cultural) meaningful, responsible sustainable travel. entrepreneurial development oriented (creative, including to and

IRC HERMES PROJECT AULEDA, Local Economic Development Agency Virtual tours and digitalization The aim of this project is the development of a common strategic management platform for the building stock of settlements/regions in order to support the salvation, protection and presentation of their Cultural Heritage. Heritage Management e System (HER.M.e.S) - winning the prestigious European Prize for Cultural Heritage, the Europa Nostra Award, in 2015. a. 64 historic buildings and monuments stock were assessed and digitized. b. a decision-making tool (algorithm) will be applied in order to prioritize interventions and will produce common reports for the participating authorities. c. Virtual tours realized accessible for foreign and domestic tourists d. Cultural education platform for teachers and students