1. Presentation of the Big River Projects Guidebook Big River Conference24 November 2011, Sheraton Hotel, Sofia

2. Contents of Big River Projects Guidebook • Background: • Background and purpose of the Guide • Key facts about the River Danube • Tourism potential along the Danube River 2. Countries:Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia 3.Implemented tourist projects: • Integrated tourism • Eco-tourism • Culture and historical tourism • Tourist facilities and infrastructure • Active tourism and water sports • Comments and conclusions

3. Annexes: Annex 1, DATOURWAY project outputs Annex 2, Danube River’ main tributaries, ports and largest bridges over the Danube Annex 3, Useful Internet links Contents of Big River Projects Guidebook

4. Projects distribution by type of tourism • Integrated tourism -24 projects • Eco-tourism - 16 projects • Culture and historical tourism – 13 projects • Tourist facilities and infrastructure – 9 projects • Active tourism and water sports – 10 projects Total number of projects: 72

5. Projects distribution by countries • Bulgaria – 11 • Croatia – 9 • Hungary – 12 • Italy -13 • Romania – 10 • Serbia – 9 • Slovakia – 8

6. Projects distribution by countries Bulgaria is most active in culture and historical tourism projects Croatia is most active in active tourism and water sports projects Hungary is most active in eco projects Italy, Serbia and Slovakia are most active in integrated projects Romania submitted equal number of integrated, eco and culture and historical tourism projects

7. General information for the projects • Project beneficiary/promoter • Short description • Period of implementation • Project budget and source of financing • Additional sites of interest in proximity • Circulation : 4000 copies

8. Big River Project Guidebook is the key output of WP6 Networking. We hope you will find Big River Guidebook useful for your work and studies. Output of WP6 Networking

9. Thank you for your kind attention! Nadia Dandolova Bulgaria Economic Forum