Alpine pearls

Alpine Pearls is a cooperation founded in 2006 by 21 tourist communities from five Alpine countries . The aim of this tourism association is to promote mobility: to offer guests the possibility of car-free arrival and departure and easy use of local public transport as well as other climate-friendly holiday offers. The members met quality criteria such as traffic-calmed town centers, transfer services, environmentally friendly leisure activities, a guarantee of mobility without a car and minimum ecological standards. The individual members are called pearls .

history

The organization was founded on January 31, 2006 by originally 17 members. The association is the result of two consecutive EU projects (Alps Mobility and Alps Mobility II - Alpine Pearls). Both go back to the initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management . The focus was on the creation of innovative, sustainable tourism offers that make tourist attractions accessible with gentle mobility. The results will continue to be used in the transnational umbrella organization Alpine Pearls across the Alps and put into practice. Additional new members were added between 2007 and 2019. Since autumn 2019, Alpine Pearls has also enabled communities and destinations that do not (yet) meet all the criteria of the catalog of criteria to become members of Alpine Pearls at the time of admission. The aim here is to jointly pave the way for a significant optimization of leisure mobility. The Alpine Pearls association currently has 21 members, the first of which is Alpe Cimbra.

Member locations

Germany

• Bad Reichenhall
• Berchtesgaden

Austria

• Neukirchen am Großvenediger
• Werfenweng
• Hinterstoder
• Mallnitz
• Weissensee

Switzerland

• Disentis / Mustér
• Les Diablerets

Slovenia

• Bled
• Bohinj

Italy

• Alpe Cimbra
• Ceresole Reale
• Chamois - La Magdeleine
• Cogne
• Forni di Sopra
• Lime Piemonte
• Moena
• Moos in Passeier
• Ratschings
• Funes

Values ​​and Purpose

Values ​​that are conceptually behind the transnational cooperation Alpine Pearls are above all acting according to the principles of sustainability , a clean environment, a beautiful landscape, the promotion of regional cycles or the preservation of region-specific characteristics such as regional identities and cultural peculiarities. In order to achieve these values, Alpine Pearls pursue the goal of avoiding environmentally harmful factors in tourism and transport as much as possible. Furthermore, the active conservation of the landscape, an energy supply from renewable sources, the avoidance of waste and the use of regional products are relied on.

Awards

Alpine Pearls is the winner of the EcoTrophea of the year 2008, which is awarded annually by the German Travel Association. Alpine Pearls is also the recipient of the Energy Globe Award 2008. In 2011, the cooperation was honored with the Tourism for Tomorrow Award from the WTTC in the Destination Stewardship category.

Web links

• Homepage of Alpine Pearls

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Alpine Pearls criteria catalog ( Memento from December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 6, 2009
2. ↑ Ecotrophea - The previous winners ( memento of August 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 6, 2009
3. ↑ Overall winner , accessed on November 16, 2009.
4. ↑ Winner, 2011 ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 13, 2011