TRIP - Tourism & Religion- Integrated People

The project aims to increase the potential of an attractive form of tourism related to religion through cooperation between institutions, travel agencies, NGOs and local authorities for the presentation of unknown or undeveloped forms of tourism. The group of initiatives will contain new opportunities to promote desired and hitherto unknown destinations related to the historical heritage in the field of religion, religious traditions and customs.
The project activities include a survey and analysis of the attitudes and interest of the people of Bulgaria and Turkey to the main religions, objects of cultural and historical heritage related to religions and their transformation into tourist attractions; elaboration of a brochure "Cultural Heritage of Religions; creation of a network for public awareness activities on religious heritage; conducting public awareness initiatives in Bulgaria and Turkey, promoting sustainable use of tourist resources; holding a joint international conference; developing a trilingual website of the project.
As a result of the project implementation, a network will be created and a series of public initiatives will be implemented to promote the sustainable use of the cultural and historical heritage related to the religions of the two nationalities, representing historical sites, customs and traditions. The implementation of the project will have a great impact on the target groups, on which the promotion of the sustainable use of tourism, historical and cultural resources related to religions, religious traditions and customs depends. This will create additional organizational capacity for project partners, institutions, organizations, local authorities and travel agencies.