How can local features be turned into attractive year-round experiences?
How can visitors be attracted outside the main tourist season? What opportunities lie in local cuisine, traditions, and natural and cultural heritage? And how can cooperation between local providers create new business opportunities?
The Piran Business Point invites you to a FREE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP!
- Wednesday, 21 October 2026
- 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
- Monfort, Obala 10, Portorož
- Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr Petra Zabukovec Baruca, UP Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica
What can you expect?
- We will explore the concept of reducing seasonality and the opportunities it brings to the local economy.
- We will present interesting examples of good practices from other tourist destinations.
- We will consider how local characteristics can be used to develop year-round tourism.
- We will explore how cooperation between coastal towns, rural areas and different local providers can create new opportunities.
The workshop will be interactive – there will also be room for your ideas, experiences and thoughts!
Who is it for? Tourism providers, restaurateurs, local producers, craftspeople, entrepreneurs, associations and anyone who would like to contribute to the development of year-round tourism.
Participation is free, but registration is required!
Organizer: PUNKT and the Municipality of Piran

