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ShapeTourism improves the tourism knowledge framework, providing analysis and operational tools to shape and drive tourism sustainable growth, particularly for Cultural Destinations. The project supports policymakers and private operators to achieve: ATTRACTIVENESS, GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY taking into account the major challenges of global competition. Starting from the capitalization of scientific studies and from tourism established patterns, the project aims to foster the balance between divergent public and private interests by gearing tourism development toward an holistic, highly operational and sustainable approach.

SIROCCO uses value chain analysis, policy coherence analysis and foresight as its main methodological components to overcome challenges in maritime tourism including improve knowledge by addressing current data gaps & incompatibilities address demand volatility by capturing the potential of tourists who can travel in low season and adapting to demographic change overcome sector fragmentation by sharing best practices between Member States, regions and stakeholders and achieving synergies address environmental pressures by improving resource efficiency, waste and pollution prevention and promoting eco-audit schemes

The project aims to intervene at the peak of the growing curve of tourist flows, making sure that small towns in the Mediterranean maintain the highest tourist flows, averting any risk of alteration of their fragile ecosystems. The main expected outcomes are the planning documents to address tourism marketing to produce new methodologies and technological tools which contribute in the strategy focused on stabilizing tourism flows. Therefore, the outputs are addressed to preserve the heritage of such towns which otherwise would see their existence compromised by the effects of overtourism.

The BLUEISLANDS project aims to identify, address and mitigate the effect of the seasonal variation of waste generated on Mediterranean islands as an effect of tourism.

TOURISMED is a project aimed at testing and transferring a fishing tourism business model in the coastal territories of Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Albania, France and Spain as a way to promote a sustainable approach to tourism, while fostering the preservation of the marine ecosystem and the traditional fishing culture of the MED region.

A partnership with a main commitment to create a transnational strategy for all year-round tourism in Mediterranean Island Destinations. The strategy aims to lead for sustainable tourism development in a collaborative manner, fostering dialogue, ownership, growth, innovation, and action and to help protect Mediterranean island destinations for future generations.

This includes components of inclusivity, sustainability, gender equality, safety, high quality, competitiveness, and digital applicability.