Heritage Interpretation through Digital Storytelling for Experiential Tourism Development in Rural Areas

<< Objectives >>INHERIT aims to enhance capacity of owners & managers of rural tourism enterprises to create & promote new experiential tourism products (ETPs), by:-Developing a 2-credit/ 50-hour C-VET course in ETP development & digital marketing, heritage interpretation & digital storytelling-Building their knowledge and skills to develop ETPs-Creating a digital portfolio of heritage interpretation stories, trails & thematic quests-Promoting wide dissemination & exploitation of the project results.<< Implementation >>Within the project we will:- Develop the INHERIT Training Course (syllabus; 4 modules of learning content; Training Toolkit for VET Providers)- Implement the INHERIT Course (Transnational Train the Trainer Workshop and piloting of the course with project stakeholders)- Create a digital portfolio of heritage interpretation stories, heritage trails and thematic quests, marked on digital maps- Disseminate and exploit the project results (final conferences and other dissemination activities).<< Results >>Main project outputs:- Modular course in the fields of experiential tourism product development, heritage interpretation, digital storytelling & digital marketing- Portfolio of 40 digital heritage interpretation stories, 12 heritage trails marked on digital maps & 12 thematic quests- 10 C-VET trainers trained to deliver the Course- 40 owners & managers of rural tourism enterprises trained to create and promote new experiential tourism products based on the INHERIT approach.