| Good Practice Innovation Sheet |
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| Items |
Description |
| 1. WHO |
| Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners) |
Beekeeping farm KOZMUS |
| Peter Kozmus PhD |
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| Key Figures (Kozje municipality) |
Surface |
Inhabitants |
Tourism arrivals |
Tourism nights |
| 89,7 km² |
3077 |
No data |
No data |
| 2. WHY |
| Reason for taking the good practice action |
Promotion of beekeeping, protecting and preserving bees, informing and educating, additional income, promotion of the farm, proof of excellence
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| Issues and challenge |
Creating a quality API experience, complying with some of the certificate standards |
| 3. HOW |
| Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice) |
Offering quality Slovenian bio, organic products, good homemade products, preparing and creating a good wholesome API experience, informing and educating |
| 4. RESULT |
| Specific/measurable results, benefits |
Earned 3 bees of the certificate, increasing number of visitors, further development of the farm offer and apitourism |
| Recognitions (e.g. awards) |
All 3 bees of the Apitourism Certificate of Excellence, their work was presented worldwide (in Austria, Croatia, Serbia, France, India, Ireland, Argentina, Ukraine and South Korea); |
| 5. REFLECTION |
| Lessons learned |
The apitourism certificate offers an additional way of promotion, it's attractive for tourists and helps with environment perservation. |
| Challenges met |
Fusing green destinations, apiculture and travel, educating and informing people on the importance of bees and beekeeping, brand development |
| Critical success factors |
Complying with certificate standards, offering a good apiproduct and quality service |
| 6. MORE |
| web-references, documents |
http://en.kozmus.net |
Beekeeping farm Kozmus
