For tourism businesses, responding to overtourism involves not only reducing negative impacts, but also exploring how their activities can create positive value for the destinations and communities in which they operate.

The RESTORE project addresses this challenge through practical adult learning resources developed for tourism micro and small enterprises and for the professionals who train and support them. The project focuses on how tourism businesses can move towards Net Positive and regenerative business practices, going beyond sustainability and circularity to consider how their activities can create positive value for society and the environment.

On 23 September 2026, Biosphere Portugal and Post Innovation for Sustainable Development (PI4SD) will host the RESTORE Open Day, a free online event introducing the project’s learning pathways and Online Learning Hub.

Participants will discover:

• the RESTORE Train the Trainers MOOC for Human Resources Professionals and Adult Trainers who support tourism micro and small enterprises;
• the Training Course for Entrepreneurs and Professionals of Micro and Small Enterprises in the Tourism Sector, designed to help tourism businesses explore Net Positive and regenerative business practices;
• the RESTORE Online Learning Hub, including its structure, available content and how to access the two learning pathways.

The session will also include an open question and answer session with the teams involved in developing the RESTORE training content and learning resources.

The Open Day is particularly relevant to professionals and managers of tourism micro and small enterprises, Human Resources Professionals and Adult Trainers, consultants and business coaches. Training providers, vocational and higher education institutions, business associations, non-governmental organisations, public bodies and representatives of other European projects may also find the session relevant.

The RESTORE Open Day will take place online via Zoom on 23 September 2026, from 17:30 to 18:30 CEST (16:30 to 17:30 in mainland Portugal and 18:30 to 19:30 in Greece). The session will be held in English, and participation is free of charge, with prior registration required.

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Following the event, both RESTORE learning pathways will be available free of charge in English, Portuguese and Greek through the RESTORE Online Learning Hub. Participants who successfully complete a learning pathway will receive a Certificate of Successful Completion.

About RESTORE

RESTORE: Empowering Tourism SMEs to Become Regenerative Businesses for Combating Overtourism is a two year Erasmus+ adult education project that empowers tourism entrepreneurs and professionals, especially those working in micro and small enterprises, to combat overtourism by embracing regenerative business practices that go beyond sustainability and circularity and transform their businesses into regenerative organisations with a Net Positive effect on society and the environment. The project also equips Human Resources Professionals and Adult Trainers to facilitate this transition.

Project No.: 2024-2-PT01-KA210-ADU-000291295

This project is co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme (Small-scale Partnerships in Adult Education, KA210-ADU). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Erasmus+ National Agency for Education and Training. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.