Project Database
July 2011 – October 2012
Cultural Heritage and Nature Tourism
“FIRST CHANCE TO SEE: Bulgarian Flying Treasure”
Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB)
BGN 69,050
The project envisions bringing a new focus of “well-known” tourist destinations by promoting birds as ambassadors of nature to attract foreign and local tourists by developing a new tourist product for the chosen destinations – the Belogradchik Rocks, Orpheus Tomb, Burgas lakes and the Via Pontica Migration Route, Coastal Dobrudzha and the Thracian tombs in the Valley of the Thracian Kings. The project includes a number of activities: a travelling photo exhibition; developing short video stories of emblematic birds that can be seen in the chosen regions; further developing the Bulgarian bird portal (www.birdsinbulgaria.org) with recognition keys and inclusion of an interactive bird recognition game; creating a smart phone application – mobile bird guide and publishing a pocket guide for laymen. Another goal of the project is to encourage activities related to experiencing Nature in city parks. Those envisage organizing a school contest for choosing the bird symbol of Sofia and eventual installation of a plastic interpretation of the chosen bird in the South Park as well as tracing a bird-watching track with information boards showing the species which can be observed in the South Park. The ambitious objective of the project is to include birds and bird-watching as an accent in the national policy when popularizing Bulgaria as tourist destination by promoting the country as a key European Nature tourism destination and bird-watching hub, and at the same time enhancing awareness on birds and protection of bird species’ habitats.
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