Priority Areas

Research, Development and Innovations in Tourism

  • Contemporary hotel business with an emphasis on transition and digitalization
  • Authenticity and identity of the destination
  • Research and innovation in modern cuisine
  • Development and application of new products and services

Sustainable Development

  • Optimum use of natural resources while preserving ecological processes, natural heritage and biological diversity
  • Circular economy and zero waste kitchens
  • Improving the quality of life and work of the local population
  • Year-round and more balanced tourism

Digital technologies in tourism

  • Digitization of business processes in hospitality
  • Virtualization and augmented reality of cultural heritage
  • Development and implementation of virtual tourist walks
  • Mapping and development of applications related to the offer of tourist content
  • Storytelling as a basis for creating a new image of the destination
  • Development of destination marketing through the implementation of artificial intelligence
  • Gamification

(International) Cooperation

  • Cooperation with local and regional partners and foreign partner institutions
  • Networking of cluster members

Education, Science and Smart skills

  • Identification and development of future jobs in tourism
  • Cooperation between tourism and education

Culture

  • Bringing history to life with new technology and digital solutions
  • Creating and preserving the cultural identity of the destination
  • Cultivation of cultural heritage
  • Promotion of cultural events

Gastronomy

  • Promotion of local gastro-touristic offer
  • Food culture as part of the identity of the region
  • Attracting gastronomically motivated tourists
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