Project: "The Taste of Tradition - the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Vidin and Bor for Sustainable Tourism"

The project “The Taste of Tradition – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Vidin and Bor for Sustainable Development” is funded under the Interreg-IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Bulgaria-Serbia 2014-2020 and has a total value of 179,065.41 euros. Project partners are the Vidin Community Centres Fund Association, the National Community Centre “Consciousness 1928” – village of Koshava and the Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage “Koreni” from Zajčar, Serbia. The main objective of the project is to increase the tourist attractiveness of the cross-border region and to create sustainable tourist products based on local resources in the field of authentic cuisine. An inventory of the local tourist resource in the field of culinary tourism will be carried out and a strategy for the development of this type of tourism in the cross-border region Vidin – Zajčar – Bor will be created. An attractive tourist product will be developed - a culinary cross-border route and two attractive tourist events will be held: a Fish Brine Festival on the banks of the Danube River in the village of Košava and a culinary competition in Zajčar. As a result of the project, traditional cuisine will be researched and described as part of the rich intangible heritage of the region and common tourist products will be created and promoted. The knowledge and skills of key figures in the development of culinary tourism will be increased, which will lead to an increase in tourist interest in the region in the cross-border region and will turn it into an attractive and sought-after destination. All this will contribute to stimulating the balanced and sustainable development of the Vidin-Bor cross-border region.