Case Studies

Forest Camp is a tourism- package for guests in the Tarvisio region and was developed by the “Pisus” project. It is especially aimed at families with children and allows tourists to participate at exciting activities in the region, as well as to visit the most beautiful sights for free.
Several activities are organized in collaboration with PromoTurismo FVG and include snowshoeing and sledding tours in an impressive scenery or dog sledding for who desires a more exotic experience. In case of bad weather, it is a good idea to check out the climbing hall.
The Forest Camp Card can be purchased for either three days or one week and it gives the chance to choose from a wide range of offers and activities for well-spent holidays in Tarvisio.
 

EU EcoLabel, TourCert, Österreichisches Umweltzeichen für Tourismus, Viabono and many other: more and more tourist facilities adopt sustainability labels and plenty of organisations decided to create new ones.
How for tourists to identify their differences, criteria and procedures? This guide was written specifically to help those people who wish to have an overview of their characteristics and it gathers the most important information on the 20 major labels used in the world. Which are the participating countries and certification institutions? Which type of verification procedures must they follow? Which criteria do the labels certify? Have a look at this guide and find out more! Enjoy this first step into the "jungle" of sustainability labels.

The "No Borders Music Festival" is a unique music festival in the region and the entire "Without Borders" area in-between Italy, Austria and Slovenia, attracting not only fans from Italy but from all over Europe. The 23rd edition of the festival took place between July and August 2018 and lots of workshops and concerts of various musical styles were organised in traditional and natural Tarvisiano sites, such as the Fusine Lakes and the Gilberti refuge (Sella Nevea). The venues of these concerts can only be reached on foot or by bicycle (access by car is forbidden), in order to protect the magic of these special locations in the Friulian Alps and to make it possible to have a complete sensorial experience. Guests receive information on green tourism and environmentally friendly gadgets.

Werfenweng is a small tourist municipality in the province of Salzburg which is a model of soft mobility since 20 years. Integrated into the tourism sector, sustainable mobility has become over time a concept of vacation used by the municipality as destination offer. The "SaMo-Card" is the key to many advantages that are offered to the tourists who travel without a private car: for the ones who arrive by public transport or hand over the keys of their car to the Electric Vehicles Tourism Office free shuttles, buses, and electric taxis are made available. The "SaMo-Card" also allows people to use all the electric vehicles in the area, such as e-cars, e-bikes, e-scooters and much more, thus becoming a guarantee of (free) soft mobility for the region and a holiday concept for those who want to take a break from their car.
 

The Tree Houses project brings man back into his natural habitat, in contact with the forest and its natural elements. Managed directly by the Malga Priù farm, on the Alpe di Ugovizza (Italy), was built with the idea to enhance eco-sustainable tourism, the study of the territory and following the constructive philosophy and competencies of DomusGaia in the wood sector. The project did a step towards a new way to relax, enjoy nature and  experience ecotourism. The "Pine-cone", taken from the typical shape of the local conifers in Tarvisio, is the first Tree House in Italy with these characteristics. It is a house without foundations, suspended, yet well rooted in the ground thanks to the support and the indispensable contribution of the firs that surround it, which with their roots replaces the foundations

Always more and more events are becoming environmentally friendly, this is because a sustainable event do not only preserve the environment, rather it becomes a marketing tool for sponsors, organisers and the public. For this reason, the Province of Bozen/Bolzano has decided to value events organisers who meet specific sustainability criteria in several areas, such as resources, waste, mobility, food, energy, communication, acoustics and others (accessibility, promotion of voluntary work or conscious alcohol consumption). With the GreenEvent certification, the local Agency for the Environment promotes sustainable tourism. This is the case for instance of Summa in Margreid, where outstanding winegrowers from all over the world meet together to present their wines (many of them from organic farming) to an international expert audience. In order to obtain the GreenEvent certification, people must follow a procedure in order to firstly award the "Going GreenEvent" acknowledgement and, in case of positive evaluation, the proper "GreenEvent" certification.
 

Tourism is not just an important economic resource. It is also one of the economic sectors with the greatest potential, with many positive aspects ­– such as job creation – but even with many negative aspects. The interdependence between tourism and the local quality of life is particularly important in the case of the alpine areas, one of the most exploited mountain ecosystems in the world. These are the main themes of the meeting organized in Bled (Slovenia) by CIPRA - NGOs with a local base in South Tyrol - in cooperation with the "Alliance in the Alps" municipalities’ network at the end of May 2018. The resulting document highlights the "twelve steps for a better quality of life in Alpine destinations", among which environmental and landscape preservation are identified as a basis for tourism or a balance between the needs of tourists and those of the local population. The document aims to be an example for other realities with similar issues.