Sustainable tourism: 5.8 million earmarked for walking and cycling routes in Campania, Puglia and Emilia-Romagna

The Ministry of Tourism has allocated several funds in the area of sustainability, including 4.5 million euros for the Italian Religious Walks; 3.9 million euros from the FSC (Fund for Development and Cohesion) of the Ministry of Culture’s Development and Cohesion Plan, of which the Ministry of Tourism is a beneficiary, earmarked for the Via Francigena; 5.9 million euros from the FSC of the Ministry of Culture’s Development and Cohesion Plan, of which the Ministry of Tourism is a beneficiary, earmarked for the Religious Routes of St. Francis, St. Benedict and St. Scholastica; 34 million euros for small municipalities with a vocation for tourism; 25 million euros for sustainable tourism; 1.5 million euros from FUNT (Fondo Unico Nazionale per il Turismo) for the "Infrastrutturazione del Sistema integrato dei Cammini di Puglia" project; 2.5 million euros from FUNT for Emilia-Romagna of which 1 million for the digitalization project (Data Science and Digital Twins - Slow Tourism focus) and 1.5 million for bicycle and pedestrian paths and interventions to improve the accessibility of the paths for sustainable tourism growth; 1.8 million euros from FUNT for the project to connect the municipalities of Alife, Dragoni and other neighboring municipalities as part of the intervention to systematize the cultural tourism path of the Via Francigena in Campania.

The ministry also created the Catalogue of Italian Religious Paths, which is constantly evolving (available here) and currently includes 63 routes distributed among Abruzzo (4), Basilicata (4), Calabria (2), Campania (8), Emilia-Romagna (8), Friuli Venezia Giulia (2), Lazio (8), Liguria (2), Lombardy (11), Marche (6), Molise (6), Piedmont (5), Puglia (8), Sardinia (3), Sicily (9), Tuscany (11), Trentino Alto-Adige (5), Umbria (9), Valle d’Aosta (2), Veneto (5).

“The Ministry of Tourism works for environmental sustainability. There is a tourism that, by vocation and form, is sustainable and environmentally conscious, indeed it combines man and environment for a unique experience: we are talking about walking and cycling tourism. And it is to this specific segment that the ministry has targeted with the action of the Single National Tourism Fund (FUNT), which with 5.8 million euros finances the projects of Campania, Puglia and Emilia-Romagna that aim to enhance sustainable routes,” commented Minister Daniela Santanchè this way on the signing of the decrees granting funding under FUNT, in favor of the Campania, Puglia and Emilia-Romagna regions. “My mandate goals are to succeed in deseasonalizing tourist flows and enhancing all types of tourism that Italy can offer. We are a nation that in terms of opportunities and hospitality is second to none, we must strive to go beyond classic tourism and enhance new assets, and in this sense, sustainable tourism and in contact with nature is also a reality and opportunity for many.”

Sustainable tourism: 5.8 million earmarked for walking and cycling routes in Campania, Puglia and Emilia-Romagna

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