Sustainable tourism, nature tourism and the enhancement of rural territories play a strategic role in diversifying Cabo Verde’s tourism offer and in promoting more balanced development models across the different islands and communities.<\/p>\n
The islands of Santiago, Maio, Fogo, Brava, Santo Ant\u00e3o and S\u00e3o Nicolau have great potential for developing tourism experiences based on nature, cultural heritage, rural landscapes and community identity, capable of creating new economic opportunities and strengthening the value of inland territories.<\/p>\n
The Rural Villages project helped to strengthen the tourism and territorial development of rural communities on different islands of Cabo Verde, promoting sustainable tourism models based on cultural authenticity, local heritage and community involvement, and supporting small local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
The project contributed to the creation of the "Rural Villages of Cabo Verde" brand, developed as a unifying territorial and tourism identity, able to promote the different villages and islands covered by the programme in an integrated way and to position sustainable rural tourism as a structured and distinctive tourism product of Cabo Verde.<\/p>\n
The project included fieldwork in 18 rural villages across the islands of Santiago, Maio, Fogo, Brava, Santo Ant\u00e3o and S\u00e3o Nicolau, identifying, characterising and promoting natural, cultural and tourism assets linked to the local territories and communities.<\/p>\n
As the final result of this work, 6 rural experience tourist routes were designed and tested in the field, conceived as sustainable tourism products based on natural, cultural and community heritage.<\/p>\n
The project also created the "Rural Villages of Cabo Verde" brand as a platform for territorial development and tourism promotion linked to the villages and islands covered by the initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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