The current activity includes the delivery of 9 wooden pavilions, which will be used during a festival to promote creative tourism on the territory of the LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen - Hadzhidimovo. During the festival, workshops and creative ateliers will be organized to present / demonstrate local traditions, customs, art, crafts.

The activity includes conducting a market research for the development of a concept for creative tourism on the territory of LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen – Hadzhidimovo and aims to analyse the needs and identify opportunities for creative tourism, as well as the specific elements of Balkan culture available on the territory of the LAG. 

The study is necessary to give a "snapshot" of the prerequisites for the development of creative tourism on the territory, as well as to conduct a SWOT analysis to show the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the development of this type of tourism. 

The territory of the LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen - Hadzhidimovo is rich in many and different in nature specifics that reflect the local culture, way of life and history, in terms of variations of dances, songs and melodies, local traditions, customs, art (paintings, ceramics, etc.), crafts, incl. demonstrations, gastronomy - unique culinary specialties, tourist cultural - historical routes, historical artefacts and discoveries, etc. Many of them, however, are known only to specialists in the field and to locals with long-standing "roots" in the territory, but not to tourists and visitors outside the territorial scope of the LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen - Hadzhidimovo. For this reason it is necessary to carry out a study of the specifics of the local territory and the needs for development, as well as the ways in which these needs can be met and the advantages capitalized in order to develop creative tourism that attracts tourists, guests and visitors to the territory. 

Based on the study, ideas for the development of creative tourism in the region will be generated, which will be used and applied by the LAG in the future to promote the territory and attract tourists. Depending on the needs of the territory identified during the study, the format of the joint event for creative tourism within activity 4 of the project will be determined - traditional festival / open workshops / tastings or others. The market research is directly related to the joint products that will be developed within activity 1 of the project. The results of the study will be used to create the joint album and the joint application / software within activity 1. The results of the study will also be applied in the organization of joint events under the project.

The current activity includes holding seminars, joint events, meetings, etc. for exchange of experience and popularization of creative tourism on the territory of the participating partners, as follows:

1. Festival / open workshops / degustation: ​The event is planned as a two-day event and aims to promote the cultural values ​typical to the LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen - Hadzhidimovo, as well as material and spiritual cultural heritage in various fields: dance, music, local traditions, customs, art, crafts, incl. demonstrations, gastronomy, etc.
   
2. Creative tourist activities through art - exhibition: ​An exhibition of traditional and contemporary art will be organized, which will feature works by local artists and those of partners from abroad in various fields of art.
3. Seminar / workshop: ​A training seminar will be held within the event, identifying and analysing the common points of the Balkan region, represented by the 5 project partners in terms of local cultural wealth, identification of unique and authentic characteristics to be used to popularize the region through experience and creative tourism.

In addition, the participation of representatives of the LAG in events abroad, organized and held in the territories of the associated partners, is planned as follows:

• 1 ​initial three-day project meeting with all associated partners in Romania;
• 3 ​events in the form of a festival / open workshops / degustation - in Romania, Greece and Turkey;
• 2 ​events for creative tourist activities through art - In Romania and Greece;
• 2 ​seminars / workshops - one in Romania and one in Greece.

All of the above events are expected to be held with the physical presence of the participants, in strict compliance with the current anti-epidemic measures related to the spread of COVID-19 in each of the countries involved in the project.

General information about the activity This activity includes the implementation of measures for publicity and awareness according to the requirements of the Program, as the aim of the activity is to promote the project and the financial assistance provided by the EU for its implementation among stakeholders and the general public on the territory of LAG - Gotse Delchev - Garmen - Hadzhidimovo.

In the implementation of the activity, the following measures for publicity are envisaged:

• Creating a website and Facebook page of the project and maintaining them for the period of project implementation.
• Preparation and placement of media publications - 6;
• Preparation and delivery of information banner - 1 pc.
• Preparation and delivery of information board - 1 pc.
• Production and delivery of advertising T-shirts with embroidery motifs - 100 pcs. 

The activity includes measures for management, coordination, monitoring of the implementation and reporting of the project activities according to the rules of the Program.

The activity envisages the holding of joint meetings with the project partners, at which the implementation of the project activities and the achievement of the planned results will be periodically discussed.  

Up-to-date information on the concluded contracts with contractors of activities can be found in the INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF EU FUNDS IN BULGARIA 2020 at:
http://2020.eufunds.bg/bg/0/6/Project/Participants?contractId=GKu7xCxAYcE%3D&isHistoric=False.