The lead partner of the PollenAct project, the Development Centre Murska Sobota, hosted an international conference where experts from Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary presented best practices in pollinator conservation and the sustainable management of grassland habitats.
The Hévíz Picnic Box program connects local producers, regional flavors from Zala, and active leisure opportunities into a new, experience-based tourism product.
Sustainability is not a trend – it's a competitive one. Learn how to do it right.
The i-dest.com website officially launched on 15 January 2025.
A new foundation for integrating local products into tourism in the cross-border region
On 18 November 2025, a professional workshop of the project CROSSDEST – Strengthening the cross-border tourism role of local producers in the Slovenian-Hungarian border region, organised by the Pannonian European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, took place in Lendava, at the site of the Banuta Model Farm.
On 20 October 2025, the workshop “Strengthening the Role of Local Producers in Cross-Border Tourism in the Slovenian–Hungarian Border Region” took place in Lenti, gathering Slovenian and Hungarian experts, local producers and tourism service providers.
From now on, the Sustainable Tourism Index calculator, which is based on the international sustainability criteria defined by the GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council), is available free of charge to any tourism service provider and attraction.
Within the framework of the Crossdest international tourism project, a free sustainability self-monitoring tool is now available to anyone on the I-DEST platform.
A total of 20 Hungarian and 20 Slovenian tourism companies have started preparing to obtain the Good Travel Seal sustainability certification within the framework of the CROSSDEST Slovenian-Hungarian INTERREG project.
