{"id":9959,"date":"2022-04-22T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=9959"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:06:32","slug":"community-based-tourism-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/community-based-tourism-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two examples of community-based tourism in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the beautiful setting of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines<\/strong>, in a rural and rich in history setting, there are\u00a0two of the best examples of the Italian community-based<\/strong> tourism<\/strong>, a new way to offer hospitality<\/strong>, which recovers its ancient meaning and aims at sustainable development of the territory, in full compliance with environment\u00a0and traditions. Let’s find them out together!<\/p>\n

What is community-based tourism<\/h2>\n

The community-based tourism involves the entire community in the tourist offer. The inhabitants of a village or a valley commit\u00a0together to creating opportunities to meet and share with tourists, accompanying them\u00a0in the discovery of traditions and landscapes, culture, and agriculture. There, where commercialization\u00a0is still far away and the environment and traditional values \u200b\u200bhave been preserved, from the bottom new\u00a0tourist reality comes to life, offering the possibility to live deeper holidays, which are transformed into a journey\u00a0of discovery. And the new travelers, avoiding\u00a0hit-and-run holidays where destinations\u00a0look the same and craving authenticity, find in this kind of hospitality what they need.<\/p>\n

I Briganti di Cerreto<\/h3>\n

In 2003 a group of young people, residents in Cerreto Alpi, founded the Cooperative “I Briganti di Cerreto”, with the desire to continue to live where they grew up and enhance the environment and the local community. We are in the National Park of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines<\/strong>, in a medieval<\/strong> village<\/strong>, built of sandstone and chestnut wood, immersed in an extraordinary landscape, which has entirely maintained its values \u200b\u200band traditions. The services that the community offers are many: educational activities\u00a0for schools, environmental education, guided tours, hiking<\/strong> on foot, on\u00a0horseback\u00a0or by mountain bike, Nordic<\/strong> walking<\/strong> instructors, rental of snow shoes and bicycles. All while staying in a rural accommodation<\/strong> between\u00a0the old mill and the barn converted into a lovely apartment.<\/p>\n\n\t\t