Cross-Re-Tour
8 October @ 17:15 – 9 October @ 17:15
Partners’ Meeting for Cross-re-tour Project – The project, which began in September 2023 and is set to continue for the next three years, has a budget of €3.5 million and is co-financed at 90% through COSME – Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises. Out of this budget, 2.4 million will be used to support 80 tourism SMEs in implementing innovative solutions developed in partnership with other stakeholders. This support will be fully funded up to 100%.
Partners Meeting for Cross-re-Tour Project – The Malta Tourism Authority is participating in an EU-funded project called Cross-Re-Tour. The objective of Cross-Re-Tour is to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in tourism to become more sustainable and more digital. The main areas of focus are water, energy, plastic, food, equipment/furniture, mobility, client nudging and staff nudging.
The project involves a partnership between 8 different organisations from different countries. This is a 3-year project which mainly involves 3 phases.
Phase 1 – Interested tourism SMEs/NGO/public organisations would be participating in an online dialogue to discuss challenges faced in green and digital transition; additionally, their state of transformation readiness would be assessed.
Phase 2 – The dialogue is extended whereby tourism SMEs will relate to digital and green service provides to identify potential solutions.
Phase 3 – Funding for a total of 10 SMEs for the worth of 30K per innovative project (per country). Total funding for Malta is 300K and each project is fully funded by the EU.
Targeted SDGs
