Siena has become the first Italian city to obtain the GSTC certification for sustainable tourism. In this context, Etifor accompanied the Tuscan city in the achievement of the GSTC certification.
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The Tuscan city has become the first one in Italy to be certified for sustainable tourism.
The WEAL project will involve the territories of 3 GALs with the aim to improve the health and wellbeing of rural and urban population through Green Care.
Read MoreEcosystem services for health, wellbeing, and the valorisation of rural areas.
Etifor technical consultant for the realization of the “Carta dei servizi per il Turismo in Bicicletta”.
Read MoreFrom planning to promotion: we support public and private entities in developing a high-quality, sustainable, and attractive cycle tourism offer.
This paper explores the contested concept of social innovation by using the ideas of discourse and framing as a lens to explore the contested definitions of social innovation.
Read MoreREAD THE ARTICLEA preliminary exploration of a contested concept
On Wednesday 18th November, at 18 o’clock (Rome Time), our team will present the webinar titled “Sustainable tourism approaches to tackle the climate crisis: examples from destinations in Italy”during which Catie Burlando and Federico Pinato of Etifor will share insights and lesson learned from their work with two tourist destinations in Italy: Valsugana-Lagorai (a certified sustainable destination to the GSTC Criteria) and Alta Badia.
Read MoreOFFICIAL WEBSITEWith more frequent and more severe extreme events, the consequences of the climate crisis are affecting people and businesses alike and the touristic sector, in Italy, has not been spared by the fury of such events: in October 2018, Vaia storm destroyed thousands of hectares of forests of the most famous mountain touristic
This study makes an exploratory analysis of the EU-funded LIFE sub-programme for the Environment and its priority area Environment and Resource Efficiency focused on the role of networks and in particular of intermediary organizations by using Social Network Analysis.
Read MoreREAD THE ARTICLEAn exploratory analysis of the LIFE sub-programme for the Environment by using Social Network Analysis
This briefing explores the challenge of raising the profile of social innovation in policy-making, because although social innovation may happen as a result of citizen action alone, its impact can be much enhanced by the design of supportive policies.
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Etifor will be one of the speakers at the GSTC2019 Global Conference which will bring together international and domestic tourism stakeholders involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism; including public sector, hotels, tour operators, academia, development agencies, NGOs, consultants, and more.
Read MoreOFFICIAL WEBSITEGSTC2019 REGISTER NOW Etifor will be one of the speakers at the GSTC2019 Global Conference which will bring together international and domestic tourism stakeholders involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism. MAIN THEMES Smart & Sustainable Destination Management Market Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Products Is Tourism Responding to Climate Change?
Progetto di Destination Management che ha visto il nostro team affiancare i comuni interessati durante la creazione dell’ODG Terme e Colli Euganei e lungo le diverse fasi del progetto.
Read MorePIANO STARTUP ODGUnited for new forms of sustainable tourism
The project “The Living Mountain: from the Vaia storm to new sustainable development opportunities in the Dolomites” aims – through communication, training and stakeholder engagement actions – to outline new sustainable development opportunities in the Dolomites area (Province of Belluno) after the Vaia storm disaster of October 2018.
