Reimagining tourism
with sustainability
Tourism’s ecological footprint is a continuous challenge for local communities and their ecosystems, it contributes to national greenhouse gas emissions, exerts pressure on local water and natural resources and the current prevailing models grow ever more unsustainable.
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Verne Pilot Cases
VERNE’s pilot cases serve as real-world testing grounds where innovative circular and sustainable solutions for tourism are implemented, validated, and refined. Located across five diverse European destinations, these pilots represent different geographical, cultural, and tourism contexts to ensure broad applicability of results.
Denmark
Focuses on food experience tourism, implementing digital technologies to track and optimize local food production, transportation, and preparation while reducing food waste and environmental impact.
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Implements sustainable corporate heritage tourism through establishing micro-museums with recycled materials and developing digital tools to guide visitors to nearby heritage sites.
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Explores virtual nature-based tourism (NBT) using immersive technologies to create accessible multisensory indoor nature experiences that complement or substitute physical tourism offerings.
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Develops a Regional ZeroNET Food system for Green Tourism, focusing on zero food loss/waste through a cloud-based marketplace and zero-emission logistics for local food distribution.
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Creates an eco-tourism accommodation unit implementing nature-based technologies for water management, including onsite wastewater treatment, composting, and rainwater harvesting systems.
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