‘Smart Tourism- Smart Destinations: Cultural Heritage & Creativity, Digitalisation, Sustainability’ is the overall theme of the 10th edition of the European Cultural Tourism Awards.
As partner of the initiative, NECSTouR warmly invites its members to apply (deadline 1 June 2023)
The 2023 Awards address the following tangible and intangible heritage-related aspects of smart and sustainable cultural tourism development and promotion:
The Joint Awards are open to all tourist destinations across Europe, national, regional and local authorities, tourism boards and associations, destination management organisations, museums, interpretation centres, cultural routes, festivals and cultural NGOs.
The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony, which will take place during the 16th International Conference for Cultural Tourism. The event will be organized by ECTN on 18th-21st October 2023 in Pafos (Cyprus), as an acknowledgment of the award as “European Capital of Smart Tourism 2023”.
The European Cultural Tourism Awards is an initiative from the European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN) for which NECSTouR, together with the European Travel Commission and Europa Nostra, cooperate since 2018, as "the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and to encourage the development of sustainable tourism destinations around Europe".
The awards of this year address a number of tangible and intangible heritage-related aspects of smart and sustainable cultural tourism development and promotion that are aligned with the legacy of NECSTouR initiatives, such as the Tourism of Tomorrow Lab (Digitalisation advances and digital transition in Sustainable Cultural Tourism), Star Cities Project (riverside heritage) and Spirit Youth Project (Religious, Pilgrimage and Spiritual Tourism).
Find out more about ECTN Awards 2023, award criteria, how to submit application form and other useful information in the ECTN website