π Tender Overview
Enrollment is now open to participate in the second edition of the Project Experiences of Rural Brazil which seeks to support and promote tourism in rural areas of the country. The initiative will select eight tourist itineraries representing all regions will have technical support for the structuring of destinations and enterprises as well as the commercialization of products and services. The result of a partnership between the ministries of Tourism and Agriculture Livestock and Supply and the Fluminense Federal University UFF the public call remains open until April 1st.In this second phase of the project eight tourist itineraries belonging to the agri-food chains of coffee cachaa manioc flour and honey will be selected. At the end of the process of structuring and developing the itineraries the idea is also to insert products made by small rural producers in bars restaurants lodging facilities handicraft stores and other equipment that are part of the rural tourist itinerary.Among the criteria to participate in the selection are the linking of the scripts to at least one of the agri-food chains prioritized in the project having family farming establishments and covering a maximum of two municipalities. The objective is to select at least one itinerary per Brazilian region.The partial result of the qualified proposals will be announced on April 8. The disclosure of the final result will take place on May 20 after the deadline for administrative appeals as well as the classification phase.RURAL TOURISMThe Experiences of Rural Brazil project began in 2021 to promote family farming products and services associated with tourism in order to provide innovative experiences to visitors diversify the national tourist offer and generate alternative income in the countryside from the format and the positioning of itineraries.The routes selected in the first phase of the project were the Atlantic Amazon Route from Par the Motherland of Brazil Its Paths Secrets and Flavors from Bahia Esprito Santo Agritourism the Terroir Vertentes Cheese Route and the Mantiqueira Highlands Gourmet Route in Minas Gerais the Caminhos do Campo in Santa Catarina and Ferradura dos Vinhedos and Farroupilha Colonial Route in Rio Grande do Sul.