The Insular Councils of La Palma, Gran Canaria and El Hierro (Canary Islands), together with the Autonomous Governments of Madeira and Azores, bring the TOURMAC project into operation for the development of an integrated offer of "Trekking Tourism", within the framework of the Community Initiative INTERREG III B - Azores-Madeira-Canary Islands.

	Azores Islands		El Hierro

 

TOURMAC seeks to be the way to achieve the protection and diffusion of the natural and cultural heritage linked to the "traditional trails" of Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, making the most of their economic potential for the local development of these territories, and making use of the attraction exercised by trekking on present-day society. Likewise, the sociocultural interchange of the trekkers with the local inhabitants of each region will be promoted.

The territories participating in TOURMAC will create officially approved and signposted networks of trails, integrated with their heritage resources. The offer of "Trekking Tourism" will be jointly promoted and commercialized on the international level.