Cyprus European Destinations of Excellence

The present program is a continuation of the initiative European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) launched in 2006 by the European Commission. Since 2014 the program continues to be implemented under the framework of COSME program.

The overall aim of the initiative is “to draw attention to the value, diversity and shared characteristics of European tourist destinations and to promote destinations where the economic growth objective is pursued in such a way as to ensure the social, cultural and environmental sustainability of tourism”. For those reasons the National Tourism Representatives of the European member states as well as EU candidate countries select the Best Tourism Destination of their respective country.