As UNESCO associated schools, Církevní gymnázium from Kutná Hora (Czech Republic) and IES Andreu Sempere from Alcoy in Spain, have always had among their priorities to preserve the Material and Inmaterial Cultural Heritage for the future generations as well as for the surviving of the current ones, integrating this with the multidisciplinary development of their students’ competences. Moreover, we are schools that have a compromise with our local communities and we want to cooperate with the promotion of a sustainable tourism in the areas of Kutná Hora and Alcoy. A group of ten students, aged between 15 and 17, together with two teachers from each school will take part in exchange and training stays that will allow the creation of some multilingual audiovisual resources (Czech, Spanish, English and Catalan) to enrich the touristic, educational and cultural visits to the buildings and landmarks of the cities involved and their regions. Through an enlarged reality and a system of QR codes, visitors will be able to access to information and images to complete their visits with just a click on their mobiles and tablets. To do so, we will use the app called GeoAumentaty that will enable us to create touristic routes based on the multilingual audiovisual resources created by the students. The videos of the touristic landmarks of the cities will also be available on the YouTube channel of the project. With these activities we intend to get a triple objective for our students: On one hand, to improve the linguistic competence of our students in different languages. On the other hand, to make the cultural and artistic richness of their environment inspire our students so that they can learn to appreciate and respect it. Finally, to develop the digital competence through the editing of video, photography and audio, the enlarged reality and geolocation. Our project will be a contribution to the promotion of tourism in our city, which, without a doubt, Kutná Hora local council and other local organizations will take advantage of, alongside the whole city in general, since tourism is one of its main economic assets. It also promotes sustainable tourism, not only on the economic but also on the cultural, social and human side. This aim to present a touristic destination such as Kutná Hora to the Spanish speaking people will contribute to the promotion of sustainable tourism in the Czech Republic, what will undoubtedly be welcomed by organizations such as Czech Tourism, an agency of the Ministry of Regional Development. As for the Spanish side, we can say exactly the same, because the Spanish school collaborates with the local government – Tourism Councillorship and local and regional organizations which are interested in the promotion of sustainable tourism in the region.
For our UNESCO schools -Církevní gymnázium v Kutné Hoře (Czech republic) and IES Andreu Sempere from Alcoy (Spain)- it has always been a priority to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage for present and future generations through interdisciplinary teaching. In addition, we are schools that have ties to our local communities and want to collaborate with them to promote sustainable tourism in the Kutná Hora and Alcoy regions. The aim of the project was to create promotional materials (videos, podcasts, maps, leaflets) in different languages to support sustainable tourism in Kutná Hora and Alcoy. At the same time, this goal contributed to the development of our students' competences: linguistic and intercultural competence, digital skills, learning about European cultural heritage. A group of ten to twelve students aged 15 to 17, together with two teachers from each school, took part in cultural and training stays (in Kutná Hora and Alcoy), which enabled them to learn about the local cultural heritage and collaborate in creating materials for tourists. Thanks to the cooperation of both schools, different results of the project were created: YouTube channel (cultural heritage of Kutná Hora and Alcoy), podcast with local legends, routes (Google Maps) and leaflets for tourists (where they have access to all these materials via QR codes). All this will certainly enrich cultural visits and at the same time will promote Kutná Hora in Spain and Alcoy in the Czech Republic. These materials will support tourism in our regions in the long run. The virtual ones are already available to the public. Unfortunately, the pandemic also affected our project. Although we had to cancel two mobilities, the remote cooperation of the schools was perfect, so all the planned materials were created: but, due to the epidemiological situation, the tourist information centers with which we cooperate could not distribute the mentioned leaflets to tourists yet. As soon as possible, the promotion of the project and the promotion of sustainable tourism will continue in a "physical" form. As for our schools, the benefits of the project are clear. Not only have we deepened our students' relationship with Europe's cultural heritage and developed their linguistic, intercultural and digital competences, but we have also established friendship between schools, which means, among other things, emphasizing our European dimension.