The project Tourism on the coast of Parana state - A year round emotion - started in 2005 and was a result of a joint effort of many stakeholders. Sebrae/PR (Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises), the State of Parana Tourism Board, City Halls and Municipal Tourism Organizations of the 7 municipalities that constitute the Parana coastal area, commercial and tourism associations, private initiative and other partners that, during the past 4 years, have worked hard to transform and develop this area as a tourism destination.

Currently, the project works according to the guidelines of the Parana State Tourism Development Plan. In 2008, there were over 300 companies that received consultancy work, capacity building courses and have made technical tours, and on top of that have taken part of the region´s promotional folders and brochures, and tourism events.
Throughout the last years, the project has contributed for the increase of the competitiveness of the Parana coastal area touristic destination, in a synergy with the local stakeholders and entrepreneurs.

Gondwana Brasil Ecotourism is one of the companies being part of and highly supporting the project. Since its beginning, we have contributed with work of strategic organizations of the destination towards the international market, benchmarking lectures, organization and operation of familiarization tours and training programs for better promoting and commercializing the destination.

Aligned to the Brazilian Tourism Regionalization program, a regional governance board was created and named Adetur - Institute for Sustainable Tourism Development of the Parana Coast.

ADETUR Litoral works as a developing agency as well as a management and support institute to projects and initiatives linked to tourism at the coastal area of Parana state. The entrepreneurs which are Adetur´s members have some advantages: promotion in national and international tourism markets, exhibitions and roundtables, besides having access to promotional material and discount in tourism related courses and projects offered by Sebrae/PR.

ADETUR Litoral´s mission is to promote and support responsible tourism by developing sustainable actions that strengthen the affiliation, and the competitiveness of the Parana coastal area tourism. In order to do so, Adetur implements institutional work and develops market promotion of the tourism activities at the Parana coast destination.

For contact and more information: contato@adeturlitoral.com.br // www.adeturlitoral.com.br.

We are a founder-member of ADETUR LITORAL and we believe in the importance of joint efforts in order to have a responsible tourism development in touristic activities for the destination of Parana´s coastal area.

Projeto Bagagem is a Brazilian NGO aimed at improving the livelihoods of low-income Brazilian communities by developing and implementing local development alternatives based on community-based tourism. Its main strategy is to support the development of tourism itineraries that benefit primarily the host communities financially, environmentally culturally and socially.

Projeto Bagagem’s team identifies established NGOs that are exemplary in their area of expertise. Through a collaborative process, an itinerary is developed so that generates income for local communities and a learning experience for the visitors. Projeto Bagagem’s itineraries feature 3 main components:

1. The Special Destination;
2. The Special Traveller;
3. The Special Trip.

WE believe in the importance of this work to strengthen the partnership tourism business in Brazil. We highly support this initiative and therefore we are part of the partners web that commercialize the tours offered by the project.

Get to know this initiative better: www.projetobagagem.org.

Gondwana is one of the authorized tourism agencies to sell he Projeto Bagagem´s tours. Get to know the tours and consult prices!

The project was designed and implemented by SPVS - Wildlife and Environmental Education Research Society - an NGO that concentrates its works in Guaraqueçaba´s area. The model of the project is based on a cooperative system for the Guaraqueçaba Protection Environmental Area in the northern region of the Parana state coastal area and was structured in three phases with the main goal of forming an organized and professional group to develop and operate well structured ecotouristic activities with nature protection and social and economical development.

Therefore, the first phase of the project was an inventory of the area elaboration followed by the cooperative creation planning (with capacity building courses and legal issues); and finally the incubation period that consists of a support to the cooperative management and product commercialization as well as continuous professionalization to the services provided to visitors. All business and services provided from the cooperative are owned by the host community members.

Get to know this initiative better: www.visiteguaraquecaba.com.br

Abeta is a consequence of the entrepreneurs´ mobilization working towards strengthening the Adventure and Ecotourism sector in Brazil, having as its main foundation the partnership system and aiming at creating secure and responsible market/product offers. It is the engine for the segment change, creating better conditions for Ecotourism and Adventure Tourism companies to be stronger and more competitive in both national and international markets.

The main focus is based on professional, technological and business development of its members and to place adventure tourism segment on quality, secure and sustainable standards. Gondwana Brasil is member of Abeta since 2008, Camila Barp, one of Gondwana´s associates is currently the coordinator of Abeta´s board in the state of Paraná.
Gondwana Brasil supports this initiative and it has been a member of Abeta since 2008.

Get to know more about ABETA at: www.abeta.com.br.