Western Phthiotis: Local development through cultural tourism

The Region of Central Greece has decided to participate in the Research Program "Popular Culture as a Development Lever for the Local Economy and Cultural Tourism in the Region of Western Phthiotis".

To this end, the Region collaborates with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).

The purpose of the program is local development through cultural tourism. Internationally, for local communities, cultural tourism is the center of development policy.

Specifically, this study moves along two axes. The first axis focuses on certain basic aspects of folk culture that will basically be directly exploitable with on-site research in the region, such as for example the social and cultural approach to the environment, the exploitation of natural cultural resources such as forests, mountains, waters, flora, fauna, pre-industrial technology and modernization, the forms of use of soft forms of energy such as watermills, gunpowder mills and other traditional installations, local food traditions and oral culture, fairy tales, legends, songs and testimonies about historical events of the modern period.

The second axis focuses on the creation of a website for the aspects of folk culture in the region of Western Phthiotis. This website will be used for reasons of promoting tourism through the promotion of the cultural heritage of the region. The website will constantly highlight aspects of the everyday folk culture of the Fthiotida region, which will be a point of attraction for the future visitor.

It is noted that the study will enable the creative use of elements of folk culture in the field of tourism development of the region, but also in supporting the operation of the folklore museum of Dikastro as well as other smaller folklore museums.

Finally, the study is based on research in the ethnographic field as well as on existing folklore-ethnographic archives that have relevant collections.

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