The main objective was to contribute to the development of rural areas in a sustainable way through new activities and initiatives in agrotourism. We wanted to carry out this project because we have realized that developing our rural areas in a sustainable way will bring many direct and indirect benefits not only to the people from rural areas but to people from urban areas who will get to know better our country, traditions, heritage, gastronomy, etc. Our consortium wanted to be the driving motor that facilitates and provides tools to the rural communities for the development of agrotourism businesses and initiatives, transforming our rural areas into nodes of culture and traditions. According to the needs previously stated, it was also important that our organisations learn about techniques and tools of agrotourism as well as the keys for successful entrepreneurship in this sector. This was achieved during the course in Spain where Permacultura Cantabria provided us with real case studies and we were able to visit real agrotourism businesses getting deeper vision and knowledge of how agrotourism techniques and strategies need to be implemented.
This course responded to the training needs of the participating entities to improve their knowledge from a leading country in tourism such as Spain. The goals and aims of the participating organizations are in line witth the topic of the course and would benefit greatly from gaining new knowledge on the subject. Besides that they will Improve their organisational capacity, project management skills and international project learning from experienced companies/entities about tourism. With that we can become a force of positive change in our society by creating/improving projects that are socially significant, economically viable and environmentally sustainable and that inspire different stakeholders.