Acronym: EstRusFortTour-2

Contract Number: ESTLATRUS/1.3./ELRI-103/2011/07

Beneficiary: Narva City Government, Department for City Development and Economy

Beneficiary Address: Narva City Government, Department for City Development and Economy

Country: Estonia

Region: North-East Estonia

Project Location: Leningrad Region, North-East Estonia

Start Date: 01.11.2011

Project Duration: 28 months

Grant Amount: 1.642.108,36 €

Percentage Of Total Eligible Action Costs: 90%

Summary: In Narva- Ivangorod twin-cities, at the Estonian – Russian border there is a unique fortresses ensemble of great cultural, historical and tourist value, that is not used in full mostly due to undeveloped tourism infrastructure and poor accessibility.The present investment project is a follow-up project of EstRusFortTour project, implemented in the framework of InterregIIIA programme, directed at the development of the unique fortresses ensemble as a single tourist product. EstRusFortTour project studies clearly identified the poor access to the fortresses as the MAIN PROBLEM or “bottleneck” to be solved at first in order to create the cross-border joint tourist product in most successful and sustainable way. Poor accessibility was identified not only in terms of infrastructure but in tourist information as well. The project OVERALL OBJECTIVE is to develop the Narva and Ivangorod fortresses ensemble as a joint tourist product to ensure fast development and regional competitiveness of the Narva/Estonia-Ivangorod/Russia cross-border region as a united tourism destination and the main centre of tourist attraction by means of development of the area's unique historical heritage. The project SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE is to improve accessibility of the Narva and Ivangorod fortresses ensemble by integrated improving of the access roads, making them easier to find, modernising them and increasing the level of safety and attractiveness of the access territory, as well as improving the quality and accessibility of tourist information by implementation of innovative methods. The project MAIN ACTIVITIES include integrated reconstruction of access to the Narva and Ivangorod fortresses including construction of access roads, improving attractiveness and safety of the access territories, installation of information signs and joint development of a single audio tour of Narva and Ivangorod fortresses ensemble with organisation of a promotion campaign. The PROJECT PARTNERS are Narva City Government’s Department for Development and Economy (Lead Partner) and Narva Museum from Estonian side and Ivangorod Municipality from the Russian side. Museum Agency Government of Leningrad Oblast, Heritage Conservation Board of Estonia, Ida-Viru County, Committee for culture of Leningrad region and Committee for culture, sport and youth policy of City Administration Kingisepp are associated partners in the project. TARGET GROUPS: tourists -ca 177000 visitors per year, transit tourists ca 250 000, local population ca 75 000, CBC tourists companies 20, journalists 20. As a RESULTS of the project accessibility of the Narva and Ivangorod fortresses ensemble will be significantly and simultaneously improved that will bring to the border region great added value - the tourism environment will become more attractive and competitive, helping to generate additional income from tourism and facilitating fast and stable socio-economic development in the CBC region.

Project homepage: www.forttour.net/stage2_eng

Measure name: Tourism development

Measure: 1.3

Involved partners:

1. Narva City Government, Department for City Development and Economy, Peetri sq 3 - 5, Narva, 20308
2. Administration of Municipal Formation "City Ivangorod Kingisepp municipal district", 10, Gagarina street, 188490 Ivangorod
3. Narva Museum, Peterburi mnt 2, 20308, Narva

Additional information:

1. Portfolio_103.pdf (pdf) 515.36 KB
2. RESULTS_103_final.pdf (pdf) 1.2 MB