Title of the project: WISHFUL / Ict for Smart Healthcare toUrism
Donor: EU – INTERREG IPA ITALIA – ALBANIA-MONTENEGRO
Project value: 1 213 325.00
Period of implementation: 15.03.2018. to 14.03.2020. extended to 30.06.2021
Project Summary
Wishful’s overall objective is to reduce access barriers to tourists who suffer chronic conditions and/or disabilities, by creating an interconnected net of touristic and medical services. It will also indirectly incentivize the touristic sector to adapt to European standards and increase accessibility in general, by bringing a greater influx of tourists with special needs in the Region. Wishful will encourage tourism and cultural and natural heritage by targeting a group that is often neglected: people with special needs (disabilities and/or chronic diseases), by rendering the touristic services/products more accessible and interconnected with medical services. A smart and integrated management of the touristic offer will lead to the valorization of the Region’s cultural and natural heritage. The main outputs are: an enabling, cloud based platform with geo-referencing services and ranking of touristic facilities where the tourists/patients will have access to information and can book a touristic package with all necessary services (touristic and medical); an App for the touristic/medical routes and, should an emergency arise, to alert the medical facility enlisted in his/hers touristic package. Finally, Wishful also incorporates horizontal aspects highlighted in EU regulations, such as sustainable development, for it will support environmentally conscious tourism.
Specific objectives
SO1 – Integration of touristic and medical services Promoting new Innovative Companies and collaboration among main territorial stakeholders
SO2 – Strengthening of touristic services
Lead Partner
Municipality of Maglie (IT)
Project Partners
- University of Salento(IT)
- Albanian Local Capacity Development Foundation(AL)
- Regional Council of Elbasan(AL)
- Regional Development Agency for Bjelasica, Komovi and Prokletije (ME)
- Local tourism organization of Zabljak (ME)
