Pafos Live 30 April 2024
Following the involvement of the Pafos Region Tourism Development and Promotion Company in the European Interreg program, a MED-Tour project and a contact developed in recent months with the leadership of the cultural route, an application for participation was prepared and approved.
ETAP and "destination Paphos" is the only supporting member of the cultural route "Routes of the Olive Tree" in the OTRoutes Network from Cyprus.
This involvement of the Pafos tourism body is expected to contribute decisively to the emergence of points of interest and the creation of a cultural route "Routes of the Olive Tree" of the Council of Europe in the Pafos District.
The objectives of ETAP's participation are:
a) participation in a network which enjoys international recognition for its work and activities, which promotes intercultural dialogue and sustainable development;
b) to contribute to the promotion of a particularly valuable but unknown to the general public cultural reserve of Cyprus and the Mediterranean, the culture of the olive tree.
At the same time, ETAP expects that from its involvement in the cultural route "Routes of the Olive Tree" the destination is expected:
-to further enrich the cultural value and to highlight internationally another aspect of the product of experiences, especially in rural areas.
-to be promoted thanks to participation in an initiative with international acceptance and recognition, such as the cultural route "Routes of the Olive Tree" which has been declared "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" and "World Cultural Route of Intercultural Dialogue & Sustainable Development" of UNESCO
-develop relations with other partners for the exchange of good practices and future submission of proposals for claiming and utilizing resources allocated by international, national or regional organizations for the implementation of projects.
