Activities of the Cluster

Mayor Activities of the Cluster are:

  • Facilitated regional rural tourism cooperation and promotion in Eastern Serbia
  • Enabling cross – border cooperation with partners neighbouring countries including development of cross-border tourist products
  • Support Cluster members in preparation of tourism offer, promotion, market connection, stuff education.
  • Support the establishment of institutional framework for planning, organizing, coordinating and improving rural tourism
  • Public advocacy for the development of rural tourism.
  • Organise join promotions of Cluster members on tourism fairs and other promotional events
  • Comprehensive training program aimed at building the capacity of service providers in rural tourism through cooperation with "Carpathian Development Institute" from Kosice (Slovakia).
  • Organise a study trip for its members to Slovakia with examples of good practices of rural tourism development in 2012
  • Led the project "Increasing competitiveness of rural tourism in eastern Serbia" funded by the National Agency for Regional Development - NARD
  • Presented rural tourist offer of Eastern Serbia to Serbian Diaspora in Vienna in March 2015, funded by the National office for Diaspora
  • Led the project "Development of tourist product ‘’The Magic of the East" funded by National Agency for Regional Development – NARD, 2015 - 2016
  • Organised promotional study tour for 16 Bulgarian tour-operators during the Summer 2015 in cooperation with RARIS and ABTTA (Association of Bulgarian tour operators)