Following a relevant decision of the Council of Ministers, the Deputy Ministry of Tourism announces a call for applications under the Grant Scheme for Upgrading Projects of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation in Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas for the Modernization and Improvement of the Competitiveness of the Tourism Product. The Project will be implemented under Measure C3.1I8 "Strengthening the added value of the tourism sector with emphasis on rural, mountain and remote areas" of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RSP) of Cyprus and will be funded by the European Union (EU) Recovery and Resilience Mechanism.
The aim of the Plan is to support investments in hotel and tourist accommodation businesses in mountainous, rural and remote areas, for:
[A](a) enriching, modernising and upgrading the quality of their products and services,
(b) creating new products and services related to alternative forms of tourism and serving specialised seasonal needs and specificities,
(c) modernising services through digital upgrading.
The total amount available for the purposes of this call for proposals is €4,700,000.
Interested parties can obtain the final Guide to the Scheme which contains all the details, together with the annexes, including the application form, on the website of the Ministry of State for Tourism www.tourism.gov.cy , under "Incentives & Grants".
Applications will be accepted until 1 December 2023 at 12.00 noon or until the available budget is exhausted.
The order of priority will be determined on a first come, first served basis (direct evaluation) and the maximum amount of approvals will not exceed the available budget of the call.
For further information, interested parties may contact the Officer responsible by telephone on 22691124 and by email: AnnaPafiti@visitcyprus.com
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