Objectif The world-wide growth in demand for environmentally stimulated tourism cannot be satisfied by existing well known tourist locations. The River Parett Trail is a demonstration project that will be given a new methodology for the management of tourism within an environmentally fragile area in such a way as to minimise environmental impact and create a sustainable path to economic development within the rural communities alongside the River Parrett.The Parrett Trail will: - Provide a directly transferable development and marketing method that could be applied to any coherent, geographic area suffering economic problems, having conservation imperatives and providing touristic opportunities. - Use visual art in the form of sculpture to stimulate appreciation and understanding of the uniqueness of the area and the problems encountered in its economic and environmental survival. - Provide a mechanism for transferring latent demand for green tourism within an environmentally sensitive area away from the motor car to transport by foot. - Use mechanisms of community participation and outreach to stimulate awareness amongst host communities of the qualities of their own environment, and its value as an economic resource. - Include all bodies with an interest along the geographic corridor: the farming community, agricultural college, local authorities, the tourism industry, and the arts community. - Heighten awareness of the environmental problems and opportunities caused by tourism in a fragile area. - Generate 2.1 million pounds sterling of expenditure along the route, and stimulate opportunities for enterprise. - Give a fresh understanding and a new positivism for a geographic area that is not recognised by administrative boundaries, but nevertheless, has its own unique set of problems and opportunities. - Foster a partnership between key players which hitherto has never existed who have never worked together. Programme(s) ENV-LIFE 1 - Regulation (EEC) establishing a financial instrument for the environment (LIFE), 1992-1995 Thème(s) A152 - Promotion of sustainable tourism and the implementation of new concepts which respect the natural environment Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinateur South Somerset District Council Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Brympton Way BA20 2HT Yeovil Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
