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Jan 23, 2013

Wine roads as part of wine tourism

New in 2013 is the first professional meeting of vintners, wine growers and experts in the field of tourism in the Alps-Adriatic Region and includes professional conference with a round table with the presentation of wine tourism: Wine roads as part of wine tourism in different regions of the Alps-Adriatic Region. The meeting will include showcase examples of good practice from region.
At the meeting will be invited the professional and educational institutions. You can register for the meeting here.

The meeting will be held on the first day of the fair Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure on Thursday, 24 January. A detailed program of 1st meeting of vintners, wine growers and experts in the field of tourism from the Alpe-Adria region.

Official partners of the meeting are: the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian Tourist Board (STB), Wine association – Slovenia, Family Estate Slovenia and GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Jan 8, 2013

Visit The Alpe-Adria-Trail on the Alpe-Adria: Tourism und Leisure Show

The Alpe-Adria-Trail runs along existing paths, connects them and hence has all the character of a hiking trail. On each stage there are several landmarks which substantially influence the rhythm of hiking. In future each stage will include at least one “magic place”, a special place where the four elements are in harmony. These places already exist, and are “jewels of the landscape” of great intensity for all who see them. They are inviting spots to stop for a while with gentle interventions, and will enable you not only to see the landscape, but to feel it as well.

The Alpe-Adria-Trail has been designed mainly with pleasure hikers in mind. The Trail runs through the non-Alpine area and as far as possible there are only slight differences in altitude. The stages are around 20 km long and each take about 6 hours to walk, and by the middle of June 2012 they will be consistently signposted. Each stage leads along a defined route which can be walked in both directions. Each stage also offers at least one attractive culinary offering and ends in a place with suitable overnight accommodation options.

The Alpe-Adria-Trail connects the three regions of Carinthia, Slovenia and Friuli Venezia Giulia in a total of 38 stages. This long distance hiking trail leads from the foot of the highest mountain in Austria, the Grossglockner, through the most beautiful mountain and lake regions in Carinthia, and without any major detours leads close to the point where the three countries of Austria, Italy and Slovenia intersect at the Dreiländereck, and then on towards Trieste and the Adriatic.
The three partner organizations behind the Alpe Adria Trail project – Carinthia's Kärnten Werbung, Turismo Friuli Venezia Giulia, and the SPIRIT Slovenia, Slovenian Public Agency (former Slovenian Tourist Board) – will present the newly developed Alpe Adria Trail on the Alpe-Adria: Tourism und Leisure Show.

Jan 8, 2013

Deadline for Jakob Prize: January, 10

Welcome to compete for Jakob Prize! Deadline for application and submission of complete documentation is 10 January 2013.
Jakob prize  for excellence of tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region 2013 will be awarded for the following topic: Innovative and Original Ways of Including Immobile Cultural Heritage in Tourism.

And what, in fact, is intangible cultural heritage? In the frames of intangible cultural heritage belong residential (castles, houses, remains of older settlements and buildings or archaeological sites…) or commercial buildings (granaries, hay racks, wine cellars, mills, pastoral buildings) and devices (hay racks, cable cranes …) in towns, squares and villages, settlement entities or individual homes, which have the character of the monuments of cultural heritage of local, regional or national importance.  

Only completed projects may enter the competition, i.e. programmes which have already been innovatively included in tourist programmes.


You are welcome to check out the invitation for applications and contribute to the quality and excellence of tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region. 
More information: Urša Repše, ursa.repse@gr-sejem.si, 01 300 26 23

Sep 27, 2012

World Tourism Day and Alpe–Adria Fair

Alpe-Adria Fair, which takes place every year at the end of January at GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, promotes development of tourism, also in the light of a sustainable development. Today's World Tourism Day signifies exactly this theme: Tourism and sustainable energy – the main force of a sustainable development. Jakob prize for quality and excellence in tourism emphasizes the importance of natural and sustainable development. The prize was this year awarded for Innovative tourist programmes in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation.
 
Besides representing more remote destinations such as Turkey, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco etc., Alpe-Adria Fair represents primarily a tourist offer of the five Alpe-Adria regions: Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Italy, and Hungary. The added value of the fair is the presentation of an offer according to tourist products. The visitors at the fair are guided by icons which illustrate different types of holidays or leisure. The fair therefore brings together wishes with an optimum offer, it enables a direct contact and first hand information. Parallel to Alpe-Adria Fair there is also the Boat Show.   

Take advantage of favourable conditions of an early application until October 1, and join us!