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Potential Project Partners We believe that an online and off line centre is imperative for the success of tourists coming to the region. Moreover, the tourism centre connects accommodation, existing and new activities (such as those mentioned in this report) and will serve as a spider in the web, so to speak, for the economic growth of Qeparo and its region. In summer 2016, a group of locals will start a tourism information centre. This initiative should be supported and be used as a base for further development of tourism services in Qeparo.
Locally: • Owner of the new centre square • Fotaq • Municipality to provide upper floor of the existing school building Nationally: • Outdoor Albania Internationally: • Sawadee
Next Steps 1. Fund a local tourist association 2. Develop a business plan, operation concepts for an outdoor and tourism centre 3. Generate necessary funds 4. Find local people who would like to operate the outdoor and tourism centre (possibly run by the entrepreneurs organisation)
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