Linking sustainable practices throughout Europe
[EXP] Enhancement of a rural mountainous area heritage by Paysalp association.
Promotion of a development based on territory identity and soft tourism.
Rural topic(s): (Agri)-tourism and rural heritage
Type: Success story
Date of writing: June 10, 2010
Author(s) of this page: MG
Organization(s): PAYSALP
Summary:
For more than thirty years, Paysalp association leads actions to preserve and promote valley of Giffre local heritage. Through animations, visits, exhibitions, the ecomuseum helps discovering the material and immaterial heritage of this rural territory of medium-altitude mountain in the Alps of Haute-Savoie. This offer of soft tourism for the visitors is completed by the coordination of local development heritage actions, which involve volunteers and local population.
Text:
See the French version for a more detailed presentation[EXP] La valorisation du patrimoine d’un territoire rural dans une zone de moyenne montagne par l’association Paysalp.
Informations:
Scale of intervention : Local
Keywords: cultural heritage, mountain, sustainable tourism
Places: France
Actors: association
Methods: facilitation, training/capacity-building, support to project