The HITTS Project has developed “A Common Story of the SUDOE Territory”, a transnational narrative that gathers the shared values, landscapes and memories of the SUDOE area. The document is based on the work carried out in the territorial laboratories, on local testimonies and on landscape readings, and it synthesises the elements that connect diverse territories: the presence of water, agricultural traditions, cultural landscapes and a common way of inhabiting rural environments.
The narrative is presented as a strategic tool for sustainable tourism, aimed at strengthening the identity of SUDOE, promoting new tourism products, supporting participatory governance and integrating local initiatives under a shared identity. It also identifies the main common challenges: heritage protection, social cohesion, climate change adaptation and the need for more responsible tourism.
The result offers, for the first time, a cohesive vision of the SUDOE territory built from the territory itself. Available in ES / PT / FR / EN.
