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Contact person(s): <\/strong>Anik\u00f3 Neuvirthn\u00e9 Bilics - neuvirthne.aniko@vasmegye.hu<\/a><\/p>\n

Program website:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The border sections drawn after the world wars, the Iron Curtain, cut off the Slovenian-Hungarian border region for decades, which had previously been a unified geographical and ethnographic region. The former relations died down, and the villages began to decline both socially and economically. The characteristics of the border region offer a good opportunity for cycling tourism, which can be a breakout point in the rural area. Several developments have already served this purpose, but a connected and marked network of routes covering the entire border region and a complex cycle-friendly service have not yet been established.<\/p>\n

The project aims to fill this gap, the aim is to include in the system local, regional cycling routes connecting to the EuroVelo 13 route as the main north-south axis, to create a bicycle-friendly services and additional offers, to create a continuous cross-border cycling destination, and the integration of the Slovenian-Hungarian border region into the EuroVelo international system. For the latter an important basis is the establishment of the bicycle border connection completed in this project and handed over on Mount Tenke.<\/p>\n

At the start of the project, VV\u00d6H prepared a publication for bicycle-friendly service providers, which prepares them for quality hospitality throughout 25 pages. At the same time, it prepared cycling offers for visitors, that was based on 2 local and 2 cross-border expert workshops. For the visitors, in the forest area between the communities of Szalaf\u0151 and Hodo\u0161, Borderstonepark was created, a rest area for cyclists, which was built in the theme of the Iron Curtain. An E-bike charger was installed in Ap\u00e1tistv\u00e1nfalva, and the Hat\u00e1rk\u0151park and the Hat\u00e1r\u0151r Eml\u00e9khely in Ap\u00e1tistv\u00e1nfalva was marked.<\/p>\n

In order to promote the attractions of the border region, VV\u00d6H set up a stamping system, to which more than 40 service providers joined. 10 stamps must be collected when visiting the providers covering the entire border region. This activity was completed by two two-day cycling festivals organized in the summer and autumn of 2019. In total 319 cyclist joined to the festival.<\/p>\n

Further information about the project: http:\/\/www.icc.zala.hu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Project partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n