Storydoers

storydoers- digital story doing for local tourism erasmus+ project. reinforcing rural business competitiveness by digital #storydoing in #localtourism tourism is among the key drivers for socio-economic progress and contributes to employment and economic growth, as well as to empower rural, peripheral or less developed areas. in 2019, more than one in ten enterprises in the european non-financial business economy belonged to the tourism industries. these 2.3 million enterprises employed 12.3 million persons. tourism plays a significant role in the development of european regions. nevertheless, the outbreak of covid-19 has significantly affected all aspects of life across europe. indeed, the pandemic has generated challenges to our socio-economic systems. according to unwto, due to the covid-19 crisis europe hadexperienced a 70% decrease in international tourists’ arrivals. in rural and low populated areas local tourism businesses are particularly affected. rural areas and local tourism