A good 15 million euros for sustainable development and management of tourist destinations

The Ministry of the Economy, Labour and Sport has published a Public Tender for Sustainable Development and Management of Tourist Destinations, within which 15.06 million euros are available to strengthen the development and management of Slovenian tourist destinations.

With this call, we aim to stimulate the development of tourism products, strengthen the business environment and improve the efficiency of tourism management at the regional and destination levels. In this way, we aim to contribute to greater competitiveness of Slovenian tourism, higher quality of tourism offer and sustainable development of destinations throughout Slovenia.

EUR 15.06 million is allocated for the implementation of the call, of which EUR 14.26 million is planned for regional destination organizations and EUR 800,000 for promising destination organizations.

Regional destination organizations are those that connect several municipalities and tourist destinations in a wider area and take care of the joint planning, development, management and promotion of tourism. Their goal is to connect the tourist offer, develop shared experiences and increase the visibility of destinations.

Promising destination organizations connect municipalities in areas with tourism development potential, where tourism products based on local characteristics, natural and cultural heritage already exist. For further development, they also connect with regional destination organizations.

The goal of such integration is more efficient tourism management, the development of a higher quality tourist offer and greater recognition of Slovenian destinations.

Regional destination organisations will be able to obtain up to €1.65 million in co-financing per operation, while promising destination organisations will be able to obtain up to €100,000 per operation. Co-financing can cover up to 80 percent of the eligible costs of an operation.

Applications will be submitted in two deadlines, namely until February 26, 2027 and until April 26, 2027 .

The public call for proposals is partially co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund within the framework of the European Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027 in Slovenia.

Link to the call: Public call for sustainable development and management of tourist destinations | GOV.SI