BASCIL
Innovative Solutions Enhancing Sustainable Culinary Tourism Services Through Diversification In Rural Food Production Sector
The project BASCIL helped local food producers in rural areas diversify their business into sustainable culinary tourism services, and thus reach new customers.
Local food producers in South Savo and South Karelia
Why?
Small food producers in rural areas had experienced serious external disturbances because of the pandemic, rising energy prices and production costs etc. It had a strong impact on the resilience of the local food sector in rural areas. One of the solutions for small local food producers was the diversification of their business activity into the sustainable culinary tourism sector.
15 partners from 8 countries
BASCIL – Innovative Solutions Enhancing Sustainable Culinary Tourism Services Through Diversification in the Rural Food Production Sector was an international project involving 15 partners from 8 countries in the Baltic Sea region. From Finland, the partners were Xamk (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences) and Lomalaidun ry, with South Savo and South Karelia as the pilot areas.
Project activities
The goal of the BASCIL project was to provide innovative and practical solutions for food producers operating in rural areas, specifically in the South Karelia and South Savo regions of Finland. These solutions would enable the expansion of their operations into the realm of food tourism. Project partners and stakeholders designed and piloted products and service packages that combined food production with food tourism (for example, farm visits, cooking classes, tasting events or pop-up cafes). To increase visibility and accessibility, the project aimed to identify new ways to market these developed products and services. The objective was to raise the profile of the Baltic Sea region as a food tourism destination and to showcase local food producers and the area.
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Materials and articles
The Finnish project page and materials can be viewed here.
- Bascil project partners gear up for tourist season 2024 19.3.2024
- Embarked on a Journey of Innovation with BASCIL Project Partners in Finland
- BASCIL Manual Part 1 final (pdf) Practical solutions for designing culinary tourism services provided by local food producers in Baltic Sea region
- BASCIL Manual Part 2 final (pdf) Marketing and promotion of common regional tourism products
- Manual Presentation and examples (pdf)
In Finnish: Self assesment tool for food producers
Facts
BASCIL – Innovative Solutions Enhancing Sustainable Culinary Tourism Services Through Diversification In Rural Food Production Sector
Info
Budget
The support of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is EUR 2 38 394,52 and Norwegian funding EUR 181 018,40.