Alpine Pearls Explained

Alpine Pearls is a cooperative established in 2006, consisting of 23 municipalities in five alpine countries. The tourism association claims to support and promote active mobility. The cooperation’s members fulfill strict quality criteria like town centers with reduced traffic, transfer services, environmentally friendly leisure time facilities, the guarantee of mobility without a car, and ecological minimum standards.

History

Alpine Pearls was established in 2006. It is the result of two successive EU projects (Alps Mobility and Alps Mobility II – Alpine Pearls). The cooperation emphasizes the importance of sustainable tourism, combining tourist attractions with environmentally friendly active mobility.^{[1] [2] [3]} The association encourages tourists to visit less popular places. The scholar Sarah Seidel said this relieves the burden on the crowded, popular places and allows inhabitants of the less popular places to benefit from those tourists' money.^[4]

Member municipalities

Germany

• Bad Reichenhall
• Berchtesgaden

Italy

• Ceresole Reale
• Cogne
• Chamois - La Magdeleine
• Forni di Sopra
• Moena
• Moos in Passeier
• Mals
• Ratschings
• Villnöß
• Limone Piemonte

Austria

• Hinterstoder
• Mallnitz
• Neukirchen am Großvenediger
• Weissensee
• Werfenweng^[5]

Switzerland

• Arosa
• Interlaken
• Disentis / Mustér
• Les Diablerets

Slovenia

• Bled
• Bohinj

Bibliography

• Book: Nadegger . Monica . Dobusch . Leonhard . Lupova-Henry . Evgeniya . Dotti . Nicola Francesco . 2022 . Meta-organisations as drivers for sustainability across tourism clusters in the Alps: A case study of 'Alpine Pearls' . https://books.google.com/books?id=mvCKEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT178 . Clusters and Sustainable Regional Development: A Meta-Organisational Approach . Abingdon, Oxon . . . 160–175 . 10.4324/9781003215066-14 . 978-1-00-321506-6 . 2024-03-26 .

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Ilić, Milan . Koščak . Marko . O'Rourke . Tony . 2023 . Ethical and Responsible Tourism . https://books.google.com/books?id=aB24DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT304 . Ethical and Responsible Tourism: Managing Sustainability in Local Tourism Destinations . Abingdon, Oxon . . 246 . 978-1-00-335868-8 . 2024-03-26 .
2. Heslinga . Jasper Hessel . Hillebrand . Hans . Emonts . Tanja . 2019-04-09 . How to improve innovation in sustainable tourism? Five lessons learned from the Austrian Alps . Journal of Tourism Futures . . 2055-5911 . 5 . 1 . 35–42 . 10.1108/JTF-09-2018-0054 . free .
3. Verbeek . D.H.P. . Bargeman . A. . Mommaas . J.T. . 2011-11-22 . A sustainable tourism mobility passage . . 66 . 4 . 45–53 . 10.1108/16605371111188731 .
4. Book: Seidel, Sarah . 2018 . Distribution at the Destination: An underestimated force to improve hospitality services and enhance sustainable development . https://books.google.com/books?id=PsRLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 . Sustainable Value Creation in Hospitality: Guests on Earth . Oxford . Goodfellow Publishers . 56 . 978-1-911396-39-0 . 2024-03-26 .
5. News: Wheatley . Paul . 2011-02-06 . Green skiing in the Alps . . 2024-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326094955/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/feb/06/green-ski-holidays-alps . 2024-03-26 .