Market Trends

The Wadden Sea National Park of Denmark hereby advertise the task of producing a report: Desk research of uncovering market trends in relation to nature as a driver for sustainable tourism and local development 2019. The task relates to the Interreg 5b project Prowad Link. 

Interreg Vb, North Sea Region, project PROWAD LINK was approved end of June 2018. The 14 partners in the project from Norfolk (UK), Geiranger (Norway) and Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands) are working on 6 work packages, where work package 6 (WP6) focus on development of sustainable tourism and experiences with nature as a driver for development. To qualify the co-creation work with developing new sustainable tourism products, experiences and services a desk research is needed to show the trends in the markets for nature based tourism. The desk research shall contribute to the projects priorities in the development process according to marketing and innovation / product development.

For specifications, please look below. 

Tender deadline is on the 7^th of March 2019 at 12:00 AM.

Please forward any questions and other inquieries in writing to the mail adress: Obfuscated Email. Deadline for receiving questions is the 28^th of February 2019 at 12:00 AM.

Any answers and questions will be published on this website.

Specifications for advertising:

Tender specifications

Draft Contract

Specifications of requirement

Questions and answers:

Question #1:
In the Specifications of Requirements it is stated that the desk research should focus on applied literature and not so much on science studies and popular articles. Can you please elaborate on your interpretation of the term ‘applied literature’ and what it comprises?   

Question #2:
Can you elaborate on the purpose and content of the workshop: What kind of input/knowledge is expected of the external consultant, and what kind of input/knowledge will the project partners provide?

Question #3:
Can you elaborate on the ‘information about competitors’: “The screening of literature will provide information about competitors in the mentioned fields as well as information, which can be used for product development and marketing of new products from the partner regions to specific markets.” What kind of or level of information or competitor analysis do you expect?

Question #4:
Translations costs are not included in the budget but the report should be written in English. Does this mean that the partner group will accept a report written by the external consultant in English without the use of translator / English proofreader?

Question #5:
Where will the workshop and meeting(s) be held? (Which country?)