This website is dedicated to a new tourism project called "The Little Loire". To define this project, the City of Zottegem has commissioned an inventory of the heritage of the area of the river Scheldt and its tributaries, to examine its potential for European heritage tourism.
The "Little Loire" alludes to the region of the Loire with its spacious palaces, pleasure gardens, landscapes and travel delights. Within this project, each participating partner can present its historical highlights, both in a rural and urban context, to create a common promotion and presentation of the Scheldt region. The goal of this project, initiated by the city of Zottegem, is to develop an inter-regional European
tourism cooperation with the relevant regions: Le Nord et Le Pas Calais,
L'Avesnois, Hainaut, East Flanders , West Flanders and several European
organisations of private castle owners. The goal is to create an economical validation of heritage in the perspective of sustainable heritage management. This can be realized by working on two levels: the inter-regional presentation and the practical local organisation. Presentation and communication will be based on modern Internet technologies. Here is an overview of the Scheldt area and its points of interest (if you view this on a PC/Mac, you can click on the map for details): A flyer of the Little Loire is available at: Reports
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