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II. Main Cultural products
2. Sites of Historical Interest

Questions

  1. What is the importance of historical defence lines from the EU perspective?
  2. Why is it necessary to reconstruct a historical defence line?
  3. Describe five tourism products related to a defence line.
  4. How to promote a defence line?
  5. Describe in a scheme of three pages how you could restore a defence line, fortress or a small castle in your region.
  6. Write down your own plan to realize activities in or around a potential or existing historical tourism object in your area. You can use as a basis the description below.

Identifying And Realising Tourism Activities In Or Around Historical Tourism Objects

Make an inventarisation of the potential or existing historical tourism objects in your area. Think about a castle, a tower, old houses in a village, ruins, old trees, etc. Maybe there were famous people living in your area. Discover whether their houses where they lived or were born still exist. Also old graves and stones placed in a circle or a line can be interesting. Visit the library, historical local foundations, museums, google, visit old local people and cycle and walk around. Write down the most interesting potential and existing historical tourism objects in your surroundings. Check your list with the local authorities and a tourism expert. Find out obstacles that can block exploitation or an activity around your preferred objects. For example: is it situated in a protected nature area, is there bad smell around the farms, is an industry nearby, etc. Choose a high potential historical tourism object that you like and can exploit directly or indirectly. Directly means, for example, buying it or renting it and indirectly -  arranging any activity around the tourism object itself or referring to it as brand name. Do some research. Define your target group. Find as much information as you can on the selected object  and its owners. Write two A4 pages about its potential. Look for possible national and regional co-funding if you decide to restore and/or exploit the tourism object. Also indirect activities can be co-financed sometimes. Think about B&B, renting bikes, nature, etc. If you are sure about your object, you can progress with your choice. Find out which are the weak and the strong points. Write down a business plan and discuss it with the local authorities and the bank. Take action to realize your business plan. Write down in a scheme how you will do that.

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