The Nicosia tourism board (Etap) on Wednesday announced its participation in the IndusTour project under the Interreg Europe programme, a new European initiative aimed at promoting industrial tourism across six countries.

The project began on May 7, 2025, and is scheduled to run until April 2029. It has a total budget of €1.4 million.

In addition to Cyprus, the IndusTour partnership includes public bodies and organisations from France, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Serbia.

Specifically, the participating partners are the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region from France, the municipality of Toender from Denmark, the Moravian-Silesian Region from the Czech Republic, the Lodzkie region from Poland, and the European Affairs and Development Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia.

According to the Nicosia tourism board, the project will involve a series of studies analysing the current state of industrial tourism in each participating country.

It will also include the exchange of best practices, interregional events, and study visits, alongside the organisation of stakeholder group meetings in each country.

“The project focuses on tourism and industrial heritage, with the ultimate goal of enhancing and enriching policy tools in the participating regions as a means of promoting innovation, resilience, and the diversification of the tourism product,” Etap stated.

“Through interregional cooperation, the initiative contributes to the recognition of the cultural and historical value of industrial sites, creating authentic experiences that aim to preserve culture and interpret the past through industrial heritage,” it added.

IndusTour is implemented under the Interreg Europe programme and co-funded by the European Union.