HCCI started the implementation of a project under the INTERREG-IPA CBC Bulgaria-Turkey Programme 2014-2020

On 31st July 2017, was signed subsidy contract № РД-02-29-238 by and between the Haskovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Work for the implementation of Project “Development and promotion of gourmet and wine tourism in the cross-border region of Bulgaria and Turkey (TransGourmeTour)“. The contract total amount is 73 232.22 Euro and it is co-financed by the EU through the INTERREG-IPA CBC Bulgaria Turkey Programme 2014-2020, CCI 2014TC16I5CB005.

Project partners are the Edirne Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Association with community service “Thracian Sustainable Development”, Kolarovo village, Harmanli District.  

The project is under priority axis: Tourism, Specific objective 2.2 Increasing the cross-border tourism potential by developing common destinations and its duration is 12 months.

Project’s overall objective: 

Increasing the Bulgaria-Turkey cross-border cooperation capacity in the field of sustainable tourism, aiming enhancement of European territorial cohesion, through promotion of alternative forms of tourism.

Specific objectives:

1. Increasing the capacity for sustainable tourism development in the cross-border region of Bulgaria and Turkey through development and promotion of common destinations for gourmet and wine tourism.

2. Using IT technologies to develop and promote the specific gourmet tourism in the cross-border region of Bulgaria and Turkey, as an alternative form of tourism.

Main activities:

1. Project management.

2. Information and publicity.

3. Study of destinations for gourmet and wine tourism in Bulgaria and Turkey.

4. Creation of multilingual Tourist Gourmet Guide to the cross-border region of Bulgaria and Turkey, in two versions - Online platform and Mobile Application.

5. Organization of culinary exhibitions, presentation of the Tourist Gourmet Guide and new tourist packages in Bulgaria and Turkey

Target groups:

• 100 SMEs - hotels, restaurants, wine cellars, dairies, bakeries, food markets, farms and others from the cross-border of Bulgaria and Turkey.

• 1000 representatives from the tourism sector - tour operators and tour agents, information centers, community centers, vocational schools for tourism and catering, tourism associations, NGOs and others from the cross-border of Bulgaria and Turkey