Young people from Bulgaria and Macedonia together for tourism as a health prevention

The project is intended for marketing health, wellness and sports tourism in the region and in the cities of Blagoevgrad and Kriva Palanka among the youth. The project was provide children and children with disabilities to use different installations for health, wellness and sports activities. This was achieved through several activities. It was conducted a study about existing tourism sites and create the preconditions for popularizing the opportunities for tourist exchange among the young people from Blagoevgrad and Kriva Palanka. This will be achieved by researching, categorizing and evaluating the available tourism resources which will help the stakeholders to better understand the potential of the sites in order to attract visitors which will also help the regional actors to create attractive programmes and routes for tourists in the future. In order to promote health and tourism at the same time, it is will be open establishment of Health and Tourism Network Center where children and children with disabilities will be trained. Center is equipped with certain medical equipment what will be used for health and tourism purposes on children from schools from both sides of the border. Trainings and checkups will be held for improving the health of the young and at the same time promoting tourism among the young population from the CBC area. Further, it will be build an Outdoor golf and fitness playgrounds and conduct Children’s competitions which will become annual practice of collaboration between the partners. Lastly, children and children with disabilities will take part in workshops in the area of health and tourism organized by the project partners.

The project ended successfully on 15.11.2020