Applicant: Keçiborlu Mutual Aid and Educational Society

Project Partner: Keçiborlu District Governorate, Kuyucak Village Mukhtarship

Kuyucak Village of Isparta supplies 93% of lavender production in Turkey. By means of the project; it was aimed to revitalize the rural tourism in the Kuyucak Village, to ensure the product diversity of lavender, to ensure income generation for local community and to mobilize the employment and entrepreneurial potential in the region. In this direction, as a first step, a study tour was organized to Provence region of France, which is one of the good examples of rural tourism, with the participation of opinion leaders of the community, the project team and women producing lavender, to have a good model at hand. The Lavender Scented Village Women Entrepreneurs Cooperative was established and women were given trainings on the areas such as rural tourism, product design, guesthouse management, entrepreneurship, medical aromatic plants, hygiene, good conversation, and cooperative system. The destination was visited by 20 thousand tourists during the summer season of 2016, while this number reached 140 thousand and 190 thousand in the summer of 2017 and 2018 respectively.

You can visit the website of Lavender Scented Village

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SDG1: NO POVERTY

Support the development of tourism products and services tailored for local people with lower income. Recruit, train and employ local community, including those living in poverty, and integrate them in the tourism value chain. Partnership with civil society networks to provide education and entrepreneurial skills training (e.g. tour guides, local...

SDG 5: GENDER EQUALITY

Encourage and support sufficient participation of women in decision-making and governance at all levels and across all business areas in tourism related companies. Support and expand business relationships with women owned enterprises, including small businesses and women entrepreneurs.

SDG 8: DECENT WORK

Engage communities to participate in tourism value chains for goods and services. Foster entrepreneurial culture, investing in or mentoring young entrepreneurs and encouraging tourism related start-ups. Invest in tourism development for job creation and economic development. Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation,...

SDG 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES

Recruit, train and employ local community, including those living in poverty, and integrate them in your value chain. Partnership with civil society networks to provide education and entrepreneurial skills training.

SDG 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

Promote the development of innovative business models Enable sustainable consumption by developing innovative solutions to reduce energy need in usage and educate consumers about these benefits. Encourage minimizing manufacturing impacts by substituting virgin raw materials in products with post-consumer materials through recycling and upcycling. Reduce significantly waste and ensure that...

SDG 17: PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS

Enhance the partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources. Encourage effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships on resourcing strategies of partnerships. Promote the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism