Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, brings to Cyprus, the cultural route ''Routes of the Olive Tree & of the Council of Europe''
Following the involvement of the Pafos Regional Board of Tourism (PRBT) in the European program Interreg, MED-Tour project and after several meetings with the head of the cultural route, an application was prepared and submitted which was approved just yesterday.
Now Pafos region as a destination is the only Cypriot supporting member of the cultural route ''Routes of the Olive tree'' in the OTRoutes Network.
The involvement of the Pafos Regional Board of Tourism is expected to contribute decisively to the enhancement of several points of interest and to the creation of a cultural route ''Routes of the Olive Tree & of the Council of Europe'' in the Pafos District.
The objectives of PRBT participation are:
A) participation in a network that enjoys international recognition for its work and activities, which promotes intercultural dialogue and sustainable development
b) to contribute to the highlighting of a particularly valuable but unknown to the general public cultural reserve of Cyprus and the Mediterranean - the olive culture
At the same time, PRBT anticipates that from its involvement in the cultural route ''Routes of the Olive Tree'' . The destination is expected:
-to enrich even further the cultural value and to highlight internationally yet another aspect of the product and mainly rural experiences.
-to be promoted thanks to participation in an initiative with international acceptance and recognition such as the ''Routes of the Olive Tree'' cultural route that has been declared a ''Cultural Route of the Council of Europe'' and a ''World Cultural Route of Intercultural Dialogue & Sustainable Development'' by UNESCO
-to receive international exposure in a variety of ways but also through the official website www.olivetreeroute.gr
-to participate in scientific activities such as seminars, workshops, conferences, etc
-to develop relationships with other partners for the exchange of good practices and future submission of proposals for securing and utilization of resources from international, national or even regional organizations for the implementation of projects.
It is expected that the collection of data for the development of the cultural route will begin in the next period so that with the technical support of the network the new cultural route that will be designed for Pafos District will begin to take shape within the current year.
