When & where
The DestiMED team will work in 13 Mediterranean protected areas to: Design ecotourism packages, create standards and monitoring methods to measure the quality and sustainability of packages, develop guidelines for sustainable tourism management in protected areas and establish a regional ecotourism network of tour operators and protected areas. A first round of ecotourism package tests was conducted in seven protected areas in Fall 2017, including;
- Samaria National Park, Greece
- Lastovo Islands Nature Park, Croatia
- Torre del Cerrano Marine Protected Area, Italy
- S'Albufera des Grau Natural Park, Menorca, Spain
- Kornati National Park, Croatia
- Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain
- Colline Metallifere Natural Park, Italy
A second round of tests will be held in Spring 2018, with a first round for several new protected areas, including:
- Camargue Nature Park, France
- Calanques National Park, France
- Riviera di Ulisse Regional Park, Italy
- Circeo National Park, Italy
- Albania North (Shkodra Region)
- Albania South (Vlora Region)