Tourism and Recreation

Tourism can drive sustainable economic development and is particularly important in rural areas. Through the RDPE we aim to support the tourism and recreation industry in our region.

Key objectives for RDPE:

• Promoting tourism and recreation as an opportunity for business start up and diversification;
• Enhancing the contribution of rural areas to the tourism offer of the North East;
• Improving the quality of the rural tourism offer in our region
• Exploring innovative ways of using rural natural, cultural, geological and historic assets in a sustainable way.

We would like to see tourism businesses in our region working together to improve the integration of our tourism offer.  By encouraging innovation, collaboration and networking, the region’s tourism and recreation industry can continue to build its competitiveness – both nationally and internationally.