EDEN Turkey: Destination of Excellence in Local Gastronomy

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The proposal aimed at addressing the importance of gastronomy and local tastes in local tourism offer by selecting and promoting one national destination and four finalist destinations which host best examples in Turkey. To this aim; a call for award will be designed and implemented for an open national competition to select one destination of excellence and runner ups. The specific objectives of the proposal are;  To select one destination of excellence and runner ups at national level among non-traditional destinations within the theme of “Tourism and Local Gastronomy”,  To raise attention to EDEN brand and its values via award ceremony, promotion and communication activities.  To initiate destinations regarding the sustainable tourism development models via dissemination of project outputs, best experiences and results.  To strengthen the EDEN brand and commitment to sustainable tourism in Turkey via networking and communication activities.  To help the non-traditional destinations develop new tourism offers and rebalance the tourist flows towards these destinations and increase the number of tourists visiting these destinations,  To contribute to the multicultural character of the European Union Target groups of the call for proposal include governorships, municipalities, professional organizations that represent SMEs (chambers, unions, associations etc.), universities, NGOs and other local authorities, which are eligible applicants to national destination selection scheme. In long term final beneficiaries will be small and medium enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs in tourism sector, which will benefit from the promotion of destination in terms of its local gastronomy. As the responsible body of tourism at national level; Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) will also benefit from the positive results of action such as capacity development in destinations, raised awareness on local gastronomy as a tourism product.