Serbia part of 'EcoDots' project

BELGRADE - Serbia has become the first country in eastern Europe to join the international environmental project titled “EcoDots- Europe Green Travel”, the project's coordinators have announced.

The project is aimed at connecting tourists, medium-sized, small and micro enterprises in the hospitality sector, as well as tour operators and local communities, and promoting sustainable tourism in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia and Serbia.

EcoDots builds upon the Viaggi Verdi website, which was developed in an effort to boost eco-friendly tourism in Italy.

As part of the project, the web booking will be introduced for 'green' trips, the long-term goal being to involve as many countries as possible in Europe and the entire world.

The coordinator of the project is non-governmental organization Le Citta Invisibili from Italy, and Serbian partners to the project are the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and the Center for Research and Development Projects EcoDev.

The EcoDots project received the 2013 EU grant, and the first meeting of the partnership consortium was held on April 30, 2014.

At a meeting in Parma, next steps were determined concerning the implementation of the project which will take 18 months starting from April 1 this year.

The next meeting is due to take place in Stuttgart in September this year, and will assess the project's success so far, the release notes.

Photo courtesy of EcoDev