Discover the Small & Moson Danube by bike and boat

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The project "Discover the Small and Moson Danube by bike and boat", implemented within the Program INTERREG V-A SK HU, PA1 "Nature and Culture", SO 1.1 "To increase the attractiveness of the border area", is focused on the use of rich natural and cult ural heritage of the border area and on creating a unique, attractive and competitive European tourism destination "Danube inland delta", which will contribute to increasing the attractiveness and number of visitors to the Danube border region. The a ctivities of 9 partners in the project, covering the needs of 30 municipalities in 5 regions, are aimed at creating a complex cross-border destination providing services in the field of tourism, culture, relaxation and sport in the area between and a long the Small and Moson Danube rivers, including the main flow of the Danube. The territory is a specific water phenomenon, where all three rivers form the most extensive inland delta in Europe. Canoeing and biking in conjunction with Great and Litt le Rye Island culture and gastronomy are the basis for the development of a common tourist destination, which will bring together tourism organizations previously acting in the local sphere only, enabling competing with other tourist destinations in Europe. Under the project, recreational, boating and bike tourism infrastructure development will be expanded to more than 36 locations in Slovakia and Hungary, the open-air museum with a water mill in Jelka will be renovated, a water ecotourism yout h centre in Šamorín will be built, a promenade will be established in Zálesie and a development strategy for the cross-border destination will be created, including the creation of a new common marketing brand. The creation, long-term development and promotion of the joint cross-border destination will be achieved through the cooperation of several destination management players on both sides of the border. Project duration is 24 months with a total budget of 2,863,279.36 EUR.

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