Transdanube.Pearls

Brief information

The Danube region is one of the most promising tourism destinations in Europe. To access the Danube region across national borders, travellers still use the car as their main means of transport. However, this has a negative impact on the environment and the inhabitants concerned. The EU project Transdanube.Pearls addresses the challenge of counteracting the negative impacts by developing socially fair, economically feasible, environmentally friendly and health-promoting mobility services for visitors to the Danube region.

Project partner

15 project partners from 9 countries

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Project duration
01.01.2017 - 30.06.2019
Total budget
2.94 m €
Official website
Lead partner
Environment Agency (Austria)
EU funding programme
Danube Transnational Programme
Financial instruments
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
EU co-financing

ERDF: € 2.21 million
IPA: € 308,205

Project goals

The central element of the project is the establishment of a network of destinations along the Danube, so-called "Pearls" ("Transdanube.Pearls"), which are committed to the concept of sustainable mobility in tourism. This approach also supports cooperation between different stakeholders from the transport and tourism sectors. At the same time, the network increases the perception of the participating destinations through the unique opportunity to travel the Danube with sustainable means of transport. The network of "Pearls" aims to:

  • To offer visitors the possibility to reach the "pearls" without their own car by better combining already existing mobility offers.
  • Enable visitors to travel around the "Pearl" using new and improved sustainable modes of transport developed and tested as part of the project.
  • Offer visitors a sustainable option to travel to the next "pearl" (or home)
  • Provide user-friendly and easily accessible information on already existing sustainable mobility offers and tourism offers.
  • Encourage local and regional stakeholders to promote the concept of sustainable mobility in tourism beyond the project period.

Further project results

  • Developing integrated sustainable mobility offers and improving the possibilities to travel by different means of transport along the Danube (e.g. train, bus, bicycle, boat), especially on the "last mile".
  • Expansion of sustainable mobility offers through training and further education opportunities for regional and local partners
  • Simplified access to user-friendly information on existing sustainable travel and mobility services through the expansion of online platforms and the establishment of regional mobility centres along the Danube
  • Expansion of attractive travel packages for visitors touring the Danube

TDP Workshops

Regional workshops in the Transdanube.Pearls project 

Press releases

Kick-off conference

01.03.2017

The Danube Region is committed to the promotion of sustainable
Mobility offers in tourism

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Kick-off of the regional workshop series

29.05.2017

Kick-off of the regional workshop series on the topic of "Sustainable
Mobility and tourism in the Ulm/Neu-Ulm region".

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Study tour and second partner meeting

03.07.2017

Transdanube.Pearls explores the Upper Austrian
Danube region

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Mobility Manager Training in Silistra

29.05.2017

First milestones: Common standards for the future
Network and training of mobility managers

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1st Transdanube.Pearls Newsletter

15.11.2017

Transdanube.Pearls - Network for Sustainable Mobility Along the Danube

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Newsletter 1: Thematic Pole 6

14.12.2017

Thematic pole of sustainable solutions and mobility

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Press article in Danube Connects

March 2018

The tourist attractions along the Danube are strung together like a string of pearls.

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4th Transdanube.Pearls Partner Meeting

21./22.03.2018

Milestones: New sustainable mobility and
Tourism offers along the Danube

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Press article in the SWP

20.04.2018

Tourists should give up their cars more often

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Press release in the Augsburger Allgemeine

20.04.2018

The Ulm/Neu-Ulm area could soon become a model region for an EU project.

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Specialist conference in Ulm

11.07.2018

Car-free travel along the Danube as a model for the future

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Transdanube.Pearls receives VCÖ Mobility Award 2018

September 2018

A total of 321 projects and concepts were submitted to Austria's largest mobility competition.

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Study Visit to the Danube Delta

16.10.2018

Great potential for soft tourism in the Danube Delta

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Regional mobility training

23.10.2018

Well trained is well advised: Regional mobility training for tourism professionals

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2nd Transdanube.Pearls Newsletter

January 2019

Car-free travel along the Danube as a model for the future

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Foundation of the international network "Danube.Pearls

16.05.2019

Danube.Pearls: Gentle tourism along the Danube

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Foundation of the Danube.Pearls network in the SWP

13.05.2019

Journey to the Pearls of the Danube

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3rd Transdanube.Pearls Newsletter

24.06.2019

Foundation of the Danube.Pearls Network

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