Lenti, the centre of the less-developed part of Zala County with favourable conditions for slow, healthy and green tourism, was the location of the INSiGHTS project partners meeting hosted from March 6 \u2013 9, 2018 by Zala County Council. Due to its location this area was partly closed and not industrialized after the 2nd World War, therefore the region was able to preserve its traditions and gastronomy. The focus of the visit was on the transnational learning and exchange on green, healthy tourism and IT solutions in destination management. Partners were introduced to the best practices of Zala County, starting with the narrow-gauge railway drive, bunker and tractor tours, traditional pottery workshop and Pat\u00f3hill Winery Village.
\nPartners met on Tuesday afternoon at the Thermal Hotel Balance Lenti and were welcomed by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Vigh, a member of the National Parliament of Hungary. A representative of Zala County Government T\u00fcnde Moln\u00e1rn\u00e9 Gazdag held a short introduction on Zala County, followed by a Master Class on a stakeholder involvement for tourism and product development presented by prof. Ulrike Pr\u00f6bstl-Haider from BOKU University. Two professional presentations on developing apps based on an open tourism database presented by J\u00e1nos Sikala from INFOtec Ltd. and the \u2018Smart Destination\u2019 concept presented by S\u00e1ndor Semsei from CHROME-SOFT Ltd. were also part of the project\u2019s Master Class.
\nWednesday started with the visit of the exhibition \u201eTreasure of G\u00f6csej, the forests and the wood\u201d and trip to Cs\u00f6m\u00f6d\u00e9r by a narrow-gauge railway. The 32 km long railway between Lenti and Kistolm\u00e1cs is used for passenger transport. The trains go through cosy villages, connecting several tourist attractions in the southern part of Zala. The owner (Zalaerd\u0151 Company) has also established a Clattering Forest School with a special railway carriage for tutoring equipped with all the necessary traditional and digital equipment, so students can observe and examine the flora and fauna of the forests, waters or meadows.
\nThe day continued with a Bunker tour in Lov\u00e1szi, a memento of the Cold War in the 1950s. The elements of the so called \u201cHungarian Maginot-line\u201d, a 630 km long defence line along the southern border region of the country, can be visited in the forests near the village of Lov\u00e1szi. Nowadays, thematic tours are organized here for tourists in order to discover the old bunkers and other remnants of the defence line. It is a good example of how to utilize the historical places as tourist destinations.
\nThis was followed by the thematic meeting and steering committee meeting. Mr. Guszt\u00e1v Csomor, the project officer from the Joint Secretariat of the Danube Transnational Programme joined the partners at the 1st Year Review of the INSiGHTS project where the status of the project implementation and progress of the work packages were discussed.
\nThe day was concluded with a dinner in M\u00e1rton Winery, a family owned business in Lenti-hill. The owner\u2019s main aim is to get the visitors familiar with the local wines of the Slovenian-Hungarian border region and offer them traditional local food in their authentic wine-cellar.
\nOn Thursday partners traveled to M\u00e1rokf\u00f6ld where they took a Tractor tour to Het\u00e9s. During the tractor trip people could get to areas, which are not easily reachable by car and too far by bicycle or on foot. Partners were able to test their skills on the throwing-wheel and make their own pots at the pottery workshop of Rezs\u0151 Cs\u00f3t\u00e1r in Szentgy\u00f6rgyv\u00f6lgy.
\nThe last stop of the study visit was the Pat\u00f3hill Winery Village. There were six old wine cellars renewed as a winery village in the vineyards of the little village Petrikereszt\u00far. The romantic wine-houses lie far from any settlements, near to the forests offering a peaceful place for relaxing and getting close to nature.
\nThe next multilateral study visit will take place in Romania in June 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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