August 2023 marks the official closure of the project. However, the legacy remains and will keep paving the way towards a better future for territories and their communities.

With this new deal, the EU project further commits towards sustainable tourism across the Mediterranean and beyond.

The project invited famous influencers to take a hike trip along the Palestinian Heritage Trail

Theoretical courses, field trips and voluntary work for school and university students to learn about sustainable tourism, and its impact on…

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Well-preserved ancient ruins, breathtaking views, unique atmosphere: create your own sustainable itinerary or follow one we've created for you!

3500+ people involved, 250+ interest points mapped in 4 countries, 13 sustainable tourism itineraries developed, and much more to celebrate with us on May 17 and 18, 2023.

Create your own itinerary or follow one that we’ve curated for you. Get ready to uncover community-based tourism in the local Palestinian vi…

Along its 30+ km of trails you’ll discover nature, history, traditions, hospitality, and amazing food. A real paradise for hikers!

The 30 Days of Ramadan Delight competition campaign is organized by the Jordanian project’s partner JREDS

Draw your journey from now to this city that is embraced by the mountains and captured by the sea!

Create your own itinerary or follow one that we’ve curated for you. Your trip to uncover this beautiful southern Italian land awaits

Follow via socials the brand-new platform designed by the EU-funded project and plan your next sustainable trip to Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine

In Jordan, the EU-funded project managed to build a network and empower women to deliver an impressive social and economic impact in the area.

The EU-funded project and its scientific approach to sustainable tourism development was presented to University Students of Jordan

Yet another idea to help sustainable tourists get familiar with the local culture in Aqaba, Jordan, within the EU-funded CROSSDEV project

The EU-funded project joined and promoted activities such as beach clean-ups, exhibitions, competitions and plays during the week-long campaign

The Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve awarded for its best practices in wine tourism, vine heritage and sustainability

Visit www.hiddenmediterranean.net, a brand-new platform to allow tourists and tour operators to get information on Med destinations and plan their sustainable trips!

Local tourism business owners meet EU tour operators to start selling sustainable itineraries to Italy, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine

Three minutes of emotions, power and community for an inspiring video to promote sustainable and responsible tourism in the Mediterranean

A place to meet, study, understand each other, imagine and create a better world.

Deadline for applications: 25 September 2022

One hundred students from Irbid experienced the newly developed itineraries and learnt how to protect the environment while traveling

A sustainable tourism campaign was organised to raise awareness about the history and culture of this Jordanian sea-city

And visitors can enjoy 50% discount until the end of August! Get ready to visit this wonderful destination in Lebanon. Keep reading for all …

The letter M, but also a hug and a symbol of unity among people in the Mediterranean

We are proud to introduce you “Hidden Mediterranean. Where Cultures Meet” our soon-to-come digital platform!

CROSSDEV partners met online in a recent webinar organised by the Italian Ministry of Culture

Led by project’s partner Palestinian Heritage Trail, the campaign involved youth, women, and locals from 16 villages as well as Ministries

In a recent webinar aimed at project’s partners, the Italian Ministry of Culture highlighted the role of accessibility in tourism-related is…

The promotional plan includes a brand-new logo for the city and social media pages for all local sustainable tourism businesses

The event took place to celebrate successes and announce new activities with the participation of Ministries, Ambassadors and the local communities

Thanks to CROSSDEV, a new agreement with the Department of Antiquities gives locals the chance to get directly in touch with tourists

The first CROSSDEV sustainable tourism product in Italy, Via Selinuntina, ready to be sold on the 'Borghi Italia Tour Network' for spring-summer 2022.

Trekking, yoga, culture, and a unique landscape: this trail has it all. Let’s discover it together!

Discovering CROSSDEV’s destinations through the eyes of locals. First stop: Sicily.

After a long and thorough training, the new graduates are ready to guide responsible tourists to discover the beauties of the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.

Project partners are working on one of the most challenging tasks: naming their soon-to-arrive platform!

A clean-up campaign involving 200+ students to take place in the villages between Beit Mersim and Battir.

An interactive day with local youth to present projects and opportunities to get involved, boost their careers and make the most for their surroundings

Theoretical and practical trainings aimed at locals in Umm Qais to develop tourism offer in the whole area and create a tourism network

The project’s work on the new Digital Territorial Platform continues through the design of Information Architecture. What is it and why is so important?

Do you own a business in Northern Jordan? Apply now for free trainings in management, finance, marketing, communication and more!

The Digital Territorial Platform by CoopCulture will be a crucial output to promote CROSSDEV’s newly developed sustainable tourist products and destinations.

Sustainable tourism businesses of the Jabal Moussa area are invited to apply now to the grant scheme. Deadline: 10 November 2021.

Sustainable tourism passionate and workers are invited to join our project’s events in Sicily!

All partners have taken a long road towards our goals: time to review successes, results, and the road ahead. With responsible tourists and local community in mind!

Promoted by our Jordan partner, the competition is open until October 30th. Participants must be from the Aqaba area.

Interested tourism businesses, tour operators, site managers and local stakeholders from the Aqaba area can apply! DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 16/12/2021!

A series of trainings is about to start. Read more on what’s the offer and how to apply.

New application deadline: September 25th, 2021. Download the application package here.

"Sustainable tourism campaigns training": applications are open for young Palestinian from the targeted communities.

Locals and tourism experts combine their point of views to create unique tourist experiences and boosting economies of less-known territories of the Mediterranean.

Taking part in the international debate on sustainable tourism with Lebanese partner APJM

Local communities and local authorities promoting sustainable tourism practices can apply, among other categories to be awarded next October…

International classes, the digitisation of tourism products and a virtual community for Mediterranean students. CROSSDEV’s latest cross-bord…

Applications are open for trainings to become a tour guide along the Palestinian Heritage Trail and surrounding areas. Deadline: July 18th, 2021.

University students Giulio Muscella and Francesca Napoli discuss their final dissertation based on the work of CROSSDEV.

Touring the archeological site by bike while experiencing history, nature, culture, and sport. Alaa talks about his involvement with our project.

1500+ participants and 60 prizes awarded. A great success for the 2021 awareness-raising competition!

Read the report and find our press review of the event held on April 11, 2021.

Thanks to a fund provided by CROSSDEV, Montaha finally opened her natural soap shop in Beit Awwa, a small village in Palestine. Read the story and watch her video!

An agreement to increase awareness on archaeological and historical sites, protect cultural, historical and marine heritage and implement sustainable activities to protect the…

Follow our new social media campaign and get to know the archeological beauties of Aqaba, Jordan, and much more!

CROSSDEV partner CoopCulture reflects on the tourism sector. While the present is uncertain, it’s time to get ready for the future.

Wijdan Malkawi, founder and owner of Roses House in Umm Qais, Jordan, speaks about her business development through CROSSDEV.

“We were able to know more about our own country, associations and the women who run them… Hopefully in the future there will be more similar trainings”

In Sicily, the history of Gibellina, one of CROSSDEV’s implementation areas, can set an example for us all.

Visiting Aqaba also means tasting it. Let’s learn how to cook a special dish: Sayadiah.

“The same trails we hike on today have been walked on by our ancestors for hundreds and thousands of years”.

Celebrating the International Day of Education with CROSSDEV towards Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda.

Local communities were involved in waymarking along the new Palestinian Heritage Trail, 60 km from Beit Mirsim to Artas.

Public figures and institutions and representatives of local authorities took part in a walk with archaeologists and architects in Jabal Moussa, Lebanon.

Download our 2021 calendar designed by Jordanian partner JREDS and get information on Aqaba and sustainable tourism!

“CROSSDEV is helping us by promoting greater community engagement in the tourism sector and encouraging inclusive and sustainable economic growth”

EXTENDED DEADLINE - JAN 3rd - Six sub-grants for local authorities for projects about the new segment of the Palestine Heritage Trail.

A new name for a new vision, CROSSDEV's partner MIAK becomes Palestinian Heritage Trail.

Tourists will get the chance to purchase authentic goodies while also supporting the local community.

The series of three public training, awareness and information events, organised between July and October 2020 in Sicily, have been successfully concluded.

This article first appeared in L’Orient-Le Jour on October 3rd, 2020. We’re happy to share the translation with all our readers.

How do you promote and market your new tourist destinations? Prof. Stefano Landi of LUISS University is conducting a series of workshops for the CROSSDEV partners.

An award ceremony for the sub-grants winners has been held in Palestine. It was the occasion for the locals to meet each other and start networking.

A short selection of our latest international press review about CROSSDEV

A few weeks back, we talked about AITR, the Italian Association for Responsible Tourism, in an interview with its President, Mr. Maurizio Davolio. Today, we want to follow up …

MIAK, Palestinian partner of the CROSSDEV project, is looking for a full time Communication Officer. Apply now, deadline Friday October, 9th 2020.

JREDS, Jordanian partner of CROSSDEV located in Aqaba, is committed to an important ongoing campaign to clean beaches from marine litter

15 journalists were invited to visit the new attractions around Umm Qais, Northern Jordan and to discover CROSSDEV plans for its socio-economic development.

PADI Women’s Dive Day 2020 in Jordan, an occasion for CROSSDEV to highlight the beauty of Aqaba, Jordan, while raising awareness on women's empowerment and the importance of Ocean's life.

In the offices of CROSSDEV Palestinian partner, the coronavirus did not stop the willingness of the team to be there for their communities. How? Keeping a strong motivation despite working remotely.

A new district including the archeological, natural and historical beauties of Umm Qais will be developed in Northern Jordan, said the Minister.

On Friday, 10th of July, CROSSDEV Lebanese partner APJM invited experts and other partners on a Magical Mystery Tour to explore less-known heritage sites in the legendary Adon…

With full engagement of the communities, Palestinian partner MIAK started the process of identifying the service providers along the new segment of the Masar Ibrahim Al-Kalil trail from Beit Mersim and Battir.

History, natural beauties and a strategic location: welcome to Aqaba, Jordan, where the tourism sector should re-start from.

Between April and July 2020, CoopCulture organised five meetings on the upcoming CROSSDEV platform, providing digital training to all participants.

Why should domestic tourism be used only when there is a crisis, whether it is a political, environmental, security or as in this case a pandemic crisis?

The first of 2 cross-border agreements of the CROSSDEV project has been signed by the partners, Iter Viti…

Interview with Maurizio Davolio, President of the Italian Association for Responsible Tourism.

From the Airbnb residences of artist to the “houses for 1 euro” campaign: how the Sicilian village became a case history in tourism studies.

Two sub-grants are available under the CROSSDEV project to support economic actors and tourism-related service providers in the Aqaba area.

Sub-grants aim to support home stays, women centres and MSMEs to provide hikers & tourists with hospitality, food, information.

Sustainable tourism, ecotourism, responsible tourism: did you end up lost? Get back on track with CROSSDEV’s glossary on the latest forms of tourism.

Within the CROSSDEV project, Diane Dodd, PhD has recently held 3 lectures on the future of sustainable tourism. Here she shares a few more thoughts with us and our readers.

An overview of the activities of the project in northern Jordan and some prospects for the future.

“This project focuses on humans, not stones”. A young Palestinian man advocates for the CROSSDEV project among his fellow community members.

The sea exists and will not dry, the sand covers the beaches and will not be scattered, and this period of our lives will be added to the history of our ancestors.

As the pandemic keeps affecting the whole world, the CROSSDEV project is keeping its activities and scopes alive, while also working to keep everyone safe and protected. See how.

The deadline has been extended until 8 of May and a new application method has been defined.

Getting ready for the post-Coronavirus world: seminar with the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. A look into the future of the tourism industry, which remains key to b…

With the involvement of thousands of local people and stakeholders, the first six months of the CROSSDEV project have been a success. Have a look at our first press review!

Unable to meet in person in Amman as planned, the partners held the second Steering Committee virtually meeting to approve a “Contingency Plan”. Read the report.

All about people. In Lebanon, the Association for the Protection of Jabal Moussa changed the usual approach: from excluding people from the reserved area to the prime role of local communities.

Covid-19 emergency - Now more than ever, cooperation – the act of working together to face every challenge – is relevant. Let’s all do our part.

How to develop community-based tourism to boost local economy and social development? Discover the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism.

A wonderful trail rich in nature and history, a 50 km-long new segment goal and the involvement of committed locals. CROSSDEV introduces Masar Ibrahim al Khalil in Palestine.

Jabal Moussa, the “Mount of Moses” is rich in history, culture and biodiversity. CROSSDEV will valorize such assets so to boost local economy.

CROSSDEV has selected two wonderful sites in Sicily - Castelvetrano-Selinunte and Sambuca di Sicilia - both placed along the Via Selinuntina, a real “highway” of the antiquity…

Meeting the locals in the beautiful Umm Qais, Jordan, where the community looks forward to welcome new tourists thanks to the support of the CROSSDEV project.

Wonderful weather all year round and lots of history. Helping Aqaba to make the most of its unique heritage through the CROSSDEV project.

Discovering the excitement of the communities involved in CROSSDEV: a review of the first six months of activities and the expectations for the near future.

The CROSSDEV project aims at achieving different UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goals 4, 8, 11 and 14.

CROSSDEV is looking for a Communication and project assistant in Jordan, working for the local partner JREDS - The Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan.

15 agreements have been signed with the local authorities that will be touched by the extension of the Masar Ibrahim al-Khalil trail, a long-distance, cultural walking route …

Tourism must be used as a tool to achieve sustainability. In no way sustainability should be used as a way to increase tourism flows. Interview with Prof. Alessia Mariotti of University of Bologna.

The CROSSDEV project is implemented by 7 partners across 4 countries: Italy, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. Let's introduce them.

Unexpected quotes, common views and sweet treats: the CROSSDEV kick-off meeting in Rome has gathered all partners to start building new routes for sustainable tourism.