Integrating Regenerative Practices in Nature and Cultural Tourism

General Information

The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) faces challenges from climate change, with tourism both contributing to and being affected by it. Due to its reliance on natural and cultural assets, tourism has a unique responsibility to protect the environment. To address this, tourism strategies need to shift from merely sustaining to actively restoring the region’s natural and cultural assets. Regenerative tourism responds to this need by taking a holistic approach to enhancing cultural and natural assets, bringing together organisations from multiple sectors to benefit local communities.
RegenT addresses the need for information and capacity-building in regenerative tourism by providing essential resources to public authorities, particularly regional and local decision-makers and public officers involved in strategic planning and resource allocation. Building on the achievements of seven projects that collectively advance regenerative tourism, RegenT offers a platform with two interlinked components: a knowledge platform and a platform for learning, knowledge exchange, and networking. The participating projects have, e.g., developed innovative solutions for attracting off-season tourists, created climate resilience guidelines, and supported local food networks.
RegenT promotes systemic changes in the tourism industry across the BSR. By doing that, RegenT contributes to Priority 1.1 Resilient Economies and Communities, particularly the topic 'Advancing natural and cultural heritage assets'.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	INTERREG BALTIC SEA Programme 2021-27
Project Type	Platform Project
Contract Number	Contract number: #P003
Co-ordinator	Novia University of Applied Sciences (FI)

Funding for the Project (€)	Funding for Hereon (€)
956,877	184,632

Contact Person at Hereon

Dr. Louis Celliers, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), KGR +49 40 226 338 459 E-mail contact

Participants

Apeirons NGO (LV), Association “Klaipėda Region” (AKR) (LT), Centria University of Applied Sciences (FI), CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (BE), Department of Nature Use of the Environmental Board (EE), Eesti Maaulikool (EE), Estonian Association for Quality (EE), Estonian Rural Tourism NGO (EE), EUCC - Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V. (DE), Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) (UK), Icelandic Tourism Cluster (IS), Kurzeme planning region (KPR) (LV), Lithuanian Countryside Tourism Association (LT), LUONNONVARAKESKUS Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (EE), Novia University of Applied Sciences (FI), Pomorskie Tourist Board (PL), Region Skane (SE), Regional Council of Southwest Finland (FI), Riga Planning Region Rīgas plānošanas reģions (LV), Ruraltour – European Federation of Rural Tourism (ES), Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SE), The Council of Oulu Region (FI), Under Ytan Ab (FI), Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) (PL), Vidzeme planning region Vidzemes plānošanas reģions (LV), Visit Lolland-Falster (DK), Visit Skåne AB (SE)

Last Update: 11. July 2025