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Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria serve as a guide to the
candidates for the completion of the Application Form and will also be
used for the evaluation of the eligibility of the applications.
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation is inviting
the submission of entries from Destinations for the EDEN competition on
the theme “Tourism and Local Intangible Heritage”. To be eligible, every
destination shall:
1. Have a visitor density rating from “low” to
“very low” in comparison with the national average. Therefore a
destination must have no more than 16,000 overseas holidaymakers per
annum.
2. Organise on a regular basis (e.g. annually)
a specific event (e.g. a fair, exhibition, festival, themed exhibition,
visit opportunities and trails; tourists’ participation in the
activities, traditions and lifestyles of local people, etc.) focused on
their local intangible assets. The event should be sustainable (i.e. it
shall be coherent with the three pillars of sustainability: economic,
environmental and socio-cultural) and comply with at least three
of the following conditions:
a. represent a new tourism offer (having
being proposed for the first time preferably later than 2000)
b. show an important impact on the local
economy
c. be organised by the most relevant local
stakeholders in close partnership
d. be an integral part of the local
tourism strategy
e. be organised outside the tourist high
season
3. Manage its own tourism offer, in such a way
as to ensure its social, cultural and environmental sustainability
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