Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Poroy Arsoy A., Taşkın Ç., Bayram Arlı N., Aytaç A., Çakmak İ., Saraç M.
UFUK 2020 Projesi, 2024 - 2027
Abstract:
The European tourism sector plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth,
employment, and social development. However, it faces challenges deriving from
its predominant reliance on linear models, causing significant environmental
impacts and resource depletion. Recognizing the necessity for a paradigm shift,
the VERNE project aspires to accelerate the transition of local and regional
tourist destinations toward sustainable and circular models across Europe.
VERNE aims to provide an integrated framework for analysing the feasibility and
impact of circular interventions in tourism destinations, offering
recommendations for authorities, tourism industries, and citizens for the
sector's transition into more sustainable business models. In collaboration
with public administrations, DMOs, private sector services, industries,
citizens and tourists, NGOs, and other stakeholders, VERNE will create and
validate a range of systemic, replicable, and scalable solutions, tailored on
the real needs and attitudes of these actors. These solutions will encompass
diverse approaches and technologies (i.e., digital solutions, improved waste
and food waste management, wastewater treatment, use of electric vehicles,
etc.) and will cover several sector and services for tourism . The VERNE
solutions will be implemented and demonstrated in 5 European representative
tourist destinations (VERNE Pilots). The project's outcomes will be
incorporated into new business models, providing a quantified demonstration of
their effects on the competitiveness and sustainability of existing tourism
services. Finally, VERNE will have the ambition to emerge as one-stop-shop for
sustainable tourism, serving as a comprehensive hub of expertise, tools, and
best practices on sustainable tourism, facilitating the adoption and
replication of circular systemic solutions across Europe.