Please Let Enjoy a Seniors Experience

Project Summary

Seniors aged 55 to 70, already retired and receiving a pension are available to travel in low-medium season. The new touristic offer provided by the project will be organized in terms of sharing economy, according to the project requirements but respecting the customers expectations, except for international transfer, that will be provided through standard air carriers. The Senior target will also be trained to experience the self booking activity on the web, becoming the “Maker" of its own touristic product. Our project will be carried out in 5 EU Countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Malta), starting from an awarded touristic best practice born in Abruzzo that will enable its Sicilian partners to use its best practice and will share it with the other Countries. From the lessons learnt by Abruzzo.com, a web touristic services sme linking more than 80 local guides and equipped with a network of private holiday houses and B&B, an international pilot will be deisgned and rolled out, with flows from 4 countries to Italy. The project will be preceeded by a targeted research to crystallize the starting situation generally in Europe and specifically in the involved Countries. A training session to the destination managers and to the local guides of the involved Countries will take place to grant the homogeneity of each pilot touristic flows. Project results will be highlithed in national events and an interview will measure the approval rating by the targeted prospect customers. The structures involved in the project will provide a website where the pilot, becoming a normal offer, can be offered, and the project partners involve themselves in the creation of a network able to spread and expand the sale of tourism services created with the project. The project forecasts also the presentation of the Network in three different Countries (EU-Non EU) to the extent of new associates and web agencies.

Topic: Tourism
Total budget: 302.126 €
EU Contribution: 226.594 €
Call ID: COS-TOUR-2015-3-04-1
Start date: 01/04/2016
End date: 30/06/2017

Partnership:

• COMUNE DI SCONTRONE (Partner) - Italy
• ABRUZZO.COM SRL (Partner) - Italy
• ISEST - ENTE MORALE (Partner) - Italy
• ANAS ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE DI AZIONE SOCIALE (Coordinator) - Italy
• Mediterranean Academy of Culture, Tourism and Trade (Partner) - Malta
• POPOV GANTCHO (Partner) - Bulgaria
• ASOCIACION ESTATAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DE SERVICIOS Y RECURSOS DE (Partner) - Spain
• UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA (Partner) - Spain
• ANAPTIXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS (Partner) - Greece
• PERIFERIA THESSALIAS (Partner) - Greece