EDEN Awards Ceremony
The European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) is a European Commission initiative that awards and promotes sustainable tourism development models across the EU. The initiative is based on national competitions that result in the selection of a tourist 'destination of excellence' for each participating country under a specific annual theme, such as rural tourism, local intangible heritage, protected areas, aquatic tourism, regeneration of physical sites, accessible tourism and local gastronomy.
A total of 140 destinations from 27 participating countries were awarded the EDEN prize since 2007. The recipients of the award are emerging, little-known destinations located in the EU Member States and Candidate Countries. The key feature of the selected destinations is their commitment to social, cultural and environmental sustainability of tourism.
18 countries have participated in the 2017 edition on Cultural Tourism. Each country has selected 1 winning destination which h
» Place: Brussels
» Source: European Year of Cultural Heritage
