ATLANTIS Consulting S.A. is the coordinator of the ecoRoute project, which is implemented under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
The Kick-Off Meeting of ecoRoute project took place in Atlantis Consulting premises on Tuesday 31st of October 2023. The meeting was hybrid, with the partners of the project participating both in presence and virtually, and planning the project’s first steps and activities.
The main objectives of the project are the design and implementation of a multidimensional approach fostering smart Underwater Cultural and National Tourism, enabling their transformation to smart UCNT destinations, with a new ecological focus that draws on natural and cultural resources, diversifying and developing smart UCNT services for the benefit of both residents and visitors.
ecoRoute expected outcomes and impacts include, among others, the addressing of seasonality into tourism planning, extending the tourism season from 6 to almost 12 months, and the support of existing tourism value chains to bloom and new ones to emerge.
The total budget of the project amounts 1.176.466€ and its duration is 30 months. The ecoRoute partners are Atlantis Consulting, Aix-Marseille University, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Deep Turtle Plongee, Observatorio do Mar dos Acores, Associacao de Turismo Sustentavel do Faial Ilhua Azul, Centro de Estudos de Arqueologia Moderna e Contemporanea Associacao (CEAM), Association Archeologie Petites Antilles (AAPA) and EnaliaTec, spin-off company of CERTH and Atlantis Consuting.