TourScience

Project description

The City of Torgnon, together with the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPA Valle d’Aosta) and CREA Mont-Blanc (Centre de recherches sur les écosystèmes d’altitude) takes part in the TourScience project – Developing sustainable scientific ecotourism around Mont Blanc, co-funded within the framework of programme INTERREG Italy-France ALCOTRA 2014-2020.

The aim of the Project is to create an innovative and sustainable tourist offer based on observing nature and its changes, to enhance the environmental heritage of Mont Blanc and of the Aosta Valley, history-rich regions with scientific features which visitors are often unaware of.

CREA Mont-Blanc and ARPA VdA bring natural science skills while the City of Torgnon, in line with its tourist experience and thanks to its strong local roots, experiments with a sightseeing itinerary with new products that can enhance the region and its specific scientific information.

An e-bike service funded by TourScience within the framework of programme INTERREG Italy-France ALCOTRA 2014-2020” is also part of the project.