{"id":666,"date":"2024-08-06T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.futourisme.eu\/?post_type=lesson_learned&p=666"},"modified":"2024-08-07T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T07:56:40","slug":"comprehensive-tourism-strategies-development-or-update-in-france","status":"publish","type":"lesson_learned","link":"https:\/\/elearning.futourisme.eu\/fr\/lesson_learned\/comprehensive-tourism-strategies-development-or-update-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Avancer dans les strat\u00e9gies touristiques globales en France : le\u00e7ons et initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The needs analysis conducted with different tourism SMEs in the French territory highlighted <\/span>some<\/span> challenges relevant to the comprehensive development or update of tourism strategies. <\/span>Almost <\/span>all<\/span> the interviewed SMEs agreed on the importance<\/span> of the development of <\/strong><\/span>comprehensive national or regional strategies<\/strong> <\/span>considering<\/span> economic, <\/span>environmental<\/span> and social sustainability of tourism<\/span> and the need for an <\/strong><\/span><\/span>integrated approach for best practice exchange<\/span><\/span><\/strong> for strategy development on national, <\/span>regional<\/span> and local leve<\/span>l, which are the <\/span>main focus<\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Topic 4<\/span><\/span><\/em> of the Transition Pathway<\/em>. <\/span>Even more important would be an intensified action in the dissemination of these good practices<\/strong> and the active participation of all players in the tourism ecosystem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One significant EU-funded initiative related to comprehensive tourism strategies development in France is the <\/span>“INTERREG Europe”<\/span><\/b> programme, which aims to promote interregional cooperation and exchange of experiences among European regions to improve regional development policies. One notable Interreg Europe project in France is the <\/span>OUR WAY project<\/span><\/b><\/a>, which aims to contribute to the protection and promotion of natural and cultural heritage in Europe using <\/span>greenways<\/span><\/i> by means of the improvement of policy instruments related to the cultural and natural quality of the territories involved, including tools for their governance and developing specific measures for their promotion and preservation. Through interregional cooperation, the project has exchanged <\/span>practices<\/span><\/a> and developed <\/span>Action Plans<\/span><\/a> to integrate lessons into regional policies. The project has been instrumental in showcasing how integrating green infrastructure into tourism strategies can lead to sustainable regional development, demonstrating that sustainable tourism development can be a driver for regional economic growth while preserving the environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this example, lessons learnt highlighted the importance of improving coordination among the different key actors, developing governance systems to manage greenways, identifying models and good practices for the protection and maintenance of greenways, identifying financial instruments and funding for greenways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Below some examples of lessons that can be drawn from existing case studies:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n