Upper Vjosa Valley pilot area and town of Përmet, SE Albania
26th to 29th of April 2026
Within the SECreTour project, the workshop “Rethinking Tourism: towards Fair, Creative and Sustainable Tourism Practices in Rural and Remote Areas” offered a collaborative space to refine the meanings, tools and local applications of Fair, Creative and Sustainable Tourism — FaCS Tourism.
Project Partners explored how tourism in rural and remote areas may move beyond consumption and become a process of community recognition, heritage care, territorial cooperation and diversified site development.
The workshop contributed to a clearer shared vocabulary and to the definition of project directions rooted in heritage communities: practices that strengthen resident agency, avoid touristification, encourage alternative business models and connect cultural and natural heritage with knowledge, creativity and visitor experience.
These outcomes support SECreTour’s broader aim of developing models, tools and policy recommendations for rural cultural tourism that is fair for communities, creative in its forms of mediation and sustainable in its long-term impact.
Read more on the SECreTour website!