Reorienting tourism education with digital, social and intercultural competences to support local stakeholders tackle strategic innovation in heritage tourism Erasmus Project

Project Title

Reorienting tourism education with digital, social and intercultural competences to support local stakeholders tackle strategic innovation in heritage tourism

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project Summary

Touriboost project consists of a series of five Intellectual Outputs organised into 16 tasks.
Each task is connected to deliverables, which are project results involving all partners, participants and stakeholders.
The project management was composed of:
-Three in-person meetings, Konya, Budapest and Modena and one virtual (due pandemic) covering Istanbul meeting. Including Agenda, Certificates, Minutes, signatures, study visit and documentation of the activities.

Konya: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Mk4gTdVggdumfgFYfsjUBE_Vi1QhVQ4K
Budapest: https://touriboostproject.org/mng/budapest/
Modena: https://touriboostproject.org/mng/modena/
Istanbul: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fxJNb45-SvVdvnhAK2bycEydXHUJQTvj
-After meetings quality and content evaluation
-Six months financial reports on budget control and project implementation
-One intermedia report with partners contribution
-Follow up of dissemination activities and local impact https://touriboostproject.org/dissemination/
-Multiplier events conducted in Greece, Italy and the Netherlands
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/119oXQVwbsWNBBEzQ5SEfNzkeYSvxC8SD

Project implementation:
The Project has five intellectual outputs; each IO has different tasks that enable the smooth performance and delivers results.
To see all IOS tasks and results go here:

IO

The IO1 activate three tasks being the first step to make and focus on: development of a methodological framework to assist the capacity building of tourism stakeholders for heritage tourism development.

T1: Survey study on entrepreneurial needs of tourism stakeholders
T2: 6 stakeholder workshops
T3: Research report – business model
IO1 delivers:
-6 reports
-6 Business Models
-6 local workshops

IO_1

Once this is achieved, IO2 is implemented focusing on linking stakeholder education to essential tourism experiences and quality services in the territory.
T1: MOOC training course
T2: the 4-module curriculum
T3: the pocket library
T4: the attraction design tool​
IO2 delivers:
-The MOOC platform
-The modules of the curriculum
-The LAP (local attraction plan tool)
-The library with a consistent source of resources

IO_2

IO3 focus on applying project-based-learning to engage local stakeholders in tourism innovation.
The tasks of the IO was to implement a local visit study in Konya, Budapest, Modena and Istanbul based on the selected heritage.
After the visit, a workshop is conducted involving the stakeholders that enable a fruitful dialogue to understand the real needs of innovation and what new services needed to be developed or which ones needed to be improved.
The central core deliverable of this IO are:
the Local Attraction Plan
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1vrg441dyxoiSyzWemVvcApg1bVH_YwXD

The iBooks brings into light hidden heritage

iBOOKS

IO4 focus validating professional skills to support local stakeholders access key tourism markets and invest in tourism innovation
With the previous deliverables in place, the Project implemented the EQF certification. NEU and Koljani Universities are making this available to any student today and in the future to gain an EQF certificate.

IO_4

IO5 has to do with smart skills observatory in heritage tourism.
Through three different but connected tasks:
T1: project area attraction cluster
T2 marketing and distribution strategy
T3: smart skills observatory
the Project look for a more considerable impact and bring into the light of new hidden heritage.

IO_5

The project website provides the key results of the Project at one click giving excellent visibility to the Project results and methodology. https://touriboostproject.org

Touriboost project includes 30 geolocations some of them were a hidden heritage that the Project made available to the public.
A new online training curriculum implemented delivering 36 heritage planners with EQF certification in cooperation with the two Universities NEU and KJU.
104 Stakeholder were involved in training and tourism cooperation.
164 participants from the tourism sector participated in the Multiplier events.
More than 120 pieces of dissemination have been created covering from newsletters, flyer, books, research papers, videos and national TV. See https://touriboostproject.org/dissemination/
6 iBooks for Android and iPhone published. https://touriboostproject.org/ios/ibooks/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 226051 Eur

Project Coordinator

Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Kodolanyi Janos Egyetem
• Stichting Project Realisatie van Initiatieven door Modulatie van Entrepreneurschap
• ARTIFACTORY
• TURKIYE SEYAHAT ACENTALARI BIRLIGI
• INEUROPA SRL