Funding calls

04 November 2024

FU-TOURISM Accelerator Programme - Project call for innovative tourism solutions

Adventure tourism

Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

Cultural tourism

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31/01/2025

FU-TOURISM is a programme that empowers tourism SMEs to excel in the green and digital era, by inviting SMEs from six European countries to apply for funding and tailored training to support their innovative solutions, through new products, projects, services, or business models.

31/01/2025

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Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

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Geographical descriptors

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Greece

Poland

Spain

Organisation Type

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Specific types of tourism
- Adventure tourism
- Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism
- Cultural tourism
- Ecotourism
- Education tourism
- Festival tourism
- Gastronomy tourism
- Health and medical tourism
- MICE tourism
- Mountain tourism
- Religious tourism
- Rural tourism
- Sports tourism
- Urban/city tourism
- Wellness tourism

Transition Pathway Strategic Areas
- Digitalisation of tourism SMEs and destinations
- Funding and support measures

Business activities
- Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
- Activities of associations and other organisations supporting tourism
- Air passenger transport
- Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks
- Events catering and other food services
- Festivals, cultural and entertainment activities
- Gardens and nature reserves activities
- Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation
- Hotel and similar accommodation
- Mobile beverage services
- Mobile food services
- Museums
- Operation of historical sites
- Other
- Other accommodation
- Other amusement and recreation activities
- Other food and beverage services
- Other holiday reservation services
- Other tourism transportation activities
- Rail Passenger transport
- Recreational and sport activities
- Restaurants, cafes and bars (Food and Beverage serving activities)
- Road passenger transport
- Tour operator activities
- Travel agency activities
- Water (sea, coastal and inland) passenger transport

The FU-TOURISM project has launched a call for SMEs starting from 31 October 2024, to support innovative tourism solutions through new products, projects, services, or business models. The FU-TOURISM Acceleration Programme will select 60 SMEs from Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Poland, and Spain, offering EUR 20,000 in funding and tailored training to enhance their projects. Applications are open until 31 January 2025 and are eligible for individual SMEs with at least six months of operation in the tourism or related sectors, seeking scalable solutions that drive sustainability and digitization of tourism. Applicants must review the Call for Challenges Guidelines and the FAQs before submitting their proposals, accessible via the attached link.

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