How the HibriturSelva partnership promotes economic development through tourism innovations

Objectives

The partnership HibriturSelva seeks to promote the development of innovations within the local tourism sector by harnessing the knowledge of local stakeholders.

Specific objectives are:

Improving the innovation capacity of local SMEs in the tourism sector
Fostering a culture of collaboration between actors working in tourism through a network approach
Harnessing the experience and knowledge of the local actors in order to launch new tourism initiatives
Generating "improbable connections" between actors through “open innovation” and “hybridization” approaches.

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Main Contact

Josep Gesti

Local Development Project Manager of La Selva Comarque Council
E-mail:
jgesti@selva.cat

Nemo Remesar

Local Development Unit, Employment Service of Catalonia
E-mail:
nemo.remesar@gencat.cat

Josep Gesti of the local authority of Comarque de la Selva, and Nemo Remesar, Employment Service of Catalonia, wrote this case study in March 2015.