Thessaloniki - Sardinia - Bremerhaven - Madeira - Hastings - Mallorca - Vidzeme - Balaton - Pafos – Bournemouth University
High-level dissemination event / Final Conference:
‘Sustainable Tourism Mobility towards Smart Destinations’
28 April 2022
Annabelle Hotel, Pafos, Cyprus
All times EEST
Programme
09:00 Registration
09:30 Session 1: Opening ceremony & Keynote address –
DESTI-SMART Interreg Europe main results
Moderator: Pafos Regional Board of Tourism (host)
Welcome address by the President of Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Mr Kyriakos Drousiotis (host partner)
Welcome address by the Mayor of Pafos, Mr Phedon Phedonos
Opening address – President of Major Development Agency of Thessaloniki, Ms Maria Karagianni, Greece (DESTI-SMART lead partner)
Smart Tourism - István Ujhelyi MEP (S&D, HU), 1st Vice-Chair of Transport and Tourism Committee, European Parliament (tbc)
Interreg Europe - Anne Rocheteau, Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat Policy Officer
Overall Achievements and Results of the DESTI-SMART Interreg Europe project, Manos Vougioukas, Project Coordinator
Keynote address: UNWTO Smart Destinations initiative, UNWTO (tbc)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Session 2: DESTI-SMART Project Results in Partner Destinations
Moderator: Viachaslau Filimonau – Bournemouth University (advisory partner)
Results of Action Plans implementation at DESTI-SMART partner destinations and related Policy Change in Low-carbon transport, Intermodality, Accessibility, Cycling and Walking:
Major Development Agency of Thessaloniki SA (MDAT SA), Greece
Sardinia Autonomous Region (SAR), Italy
Bremerhaven Tourism Marketing and Events Company Ltd (EM), Germany
Horarios do Funchal, Transportes Publicos, SA (HF), Madeira, Portugal
Hastings Borough Council (HBC), United Kingdom
Mallorca Island Council (MIC), Spain
Latvian Greenways Association (LGWA), Latvia
Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency (LB), Hungary
Pafos Regional Board of Tourism (PRBT), Cyprus
13:00 Working Lunch
14:30 Session 3: Synergies with Smart Tourism Destinations & Digitalisation
Moderator: Manos Vougioukas, DESTI-SMART Project Coordinator
Keynote Address: by the Deputy Minister of Tourism Mr Savvas Perdios, Republic of Cyprus
Video message by President of Greek National Tourism Organisation, Ms Angela Gerekou
European Tourism Manifesto, European Travel Commission, Ms Iulia Niculica
Smart Tourism Destinations Initiative – European Commission DG GROW (tbc)
European Capital of Smart Tourism Awards – European Commission DG GROW (tbc)
CIVITAS DESTINATIONS project, Horarios do Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Smart tourism low-carbon transport in Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) – InnovaSUMP Interreg Europe project
Digitalisation in Sustainable Cultural Tourism – CHRISTA Interreg Europe project
Digital Hub and Smart Tourism App of ReInHerit - Horizon 2020 Coordination & Support Action
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Session 4: Policy implications and the way ahead
Moderator: MDAT - Lead Partner
Policy-makers round table debate on:
‘Legacy of the DESTI-SMART project results in policy change, regarding low-carbon sustainable tourism mobility and accessibility, towards ‘Smart Destinations’
Concluding Remarks: MDAT Greece (Lead partner), Interreg Europe JS, Bournemouth University (advisory partner), PRBT (Host partner)
18:00 End
20:00 Conference Working Dinner
29 April 2022 (AM): Study visits in relation to the Pafos action plans and pilot action