The facilitation of the Ministry of Tourism, provided for by the Budget Law 2023 (item 1, comma 611), is governed by the public notice n. 23418 of the 26 June and is dedicated to companies in the tourism sector that invest in the realization of projects for promoting the ecotourism and sustainable tourism, With the aim of minimizing economic impacts, environmental and social and generate income simultaneously, employment and conservation of local ecosystems.
Companies can benefit from a contribution that covers up to 50 percent of the expenses made, from the value between 50.000 e 300.000 euro, without prejudice to the "de minimis" capacity of the applicant.
The application for access to contributions can be sent by the companies of the tourism and tourist and hotel accommodation supply chain that carry out, prevailing, business activities identified by the atheco codes indicated in the table. All. A.
Sustainable tourism bonus 2024: requirements and eligible expenses
In order to benefit from the contributions provided for by the bonus, The companies concerned must comply with the requirements indicated in the public notice:
• find themselves under ordinary accounting and have at least two approved and deposited budgets at the Business Register or, In the case of individual companies and people of people, having submitted at least two tax returns;
• be in compliance with the payment of contributory and welfare charges and not to have the tax debts in place;
• find yourself in the full and free exercise of one's rights, not being in a state of dissolution or liquidation and not being subjected to bankruptcy procedures, Coated administrative liquidation and controlled administration;
• be in compliance with the anti -mafia legislation and have no cause of exclusion;
• have not been recipients, In the previous three years, of administrative proceedings connected to acts of revocation for violation of the prohibition of distraction of the goods or the obligation to maintain the localized production unit in Italy, to ascertain serious negligence in the realization of investments and/or failure to achieve the objectives set by the initiative, for lack of essential requirements, for irregularities of the documentation produced, however attributable to the beneficiary subject, and not remediable, as well as for undue perception, ascertained with a judicial provision, e, In case of refundable aid, for non -compliance with the return plan;
• not be part of the same legal group of another company participating in the procedure;
• be in compliance with the communication obligations to the Revenue Agency;
• companies not resident in the Italian territory must be established according to the rules of civil and commercial law in force in the state of residence and registered in the relative register of companies. Without prejudice to possession, at the date of submission of the application for facilitation, of the requirements provided for in the notice, The spending program must be carried out in a production unit located in the Italian territory;
• Do not incur the inability to contract with the public administration. The possession of the above requirements and conditions must be subject to specific self -certification by the applicant pursuant to Presidential Decree. n. 445/2000. The company concerned must immediately communicate to the Ministry of Tourism, for the checks and assessments of competence, Any changes or variation of the requirements that occurred after the submission of the application for the facilitation, under penalty of revocation of the facilities granted.
The projects presented, to be completed by 18 months, they must concern at least one of the following types of intervention:
• Des, Create and promote innovative tourist routes useful to reduce the tourist overcrowding of the areas with the greatest tourist influx, including UNESCO assets sites;
• Descend and promote itineraries that enhance the entire tourist heritage of the territory, Including areas and attractions far from conventional routes with greater tourist influx and the city center, through the strengthening of services connected to the conveying of tourists to areas with less tourist density;
• Promote tourist accommodation in the areas with less tourist density of very crowded tourist destinations, through projects capable of redeveloping and reconverting peripheral areas of urban realities or favoring rural tourism and the birth of new attractions and tourist destinations;
• create, develop and enhance intermodal services and low -emission intermodal paths that determine, through their implementation, a reduction in the environmental impact of tourist activities;
• Promote intermodal vehicles and exchange systems based on the use of public transport and bicycles, through the creation of cycloposses or centers for the storage of e-bike, also near the train and bus stations, In order to enhance bicycle mobility and the creation of a cycling viable network;
• Promote rural tourism, the mountainous one, Equiturism and holidays in contact with nature, promoting the horse races, the naturalistic paths, The living room in the open air, through glamping and camping eco -sustainable;
• Promote and promote projects aimed at spreading tourism on the navigable streets, also through the exploitation of abandoned state strokes, offering an alternative holiday in contact with nature;
• Desigate and create systems for the management and containment of flows on the overcrowded natural and cultural sites;
• Promote paths and itineraries as well as sporting and recreational activities ecocompatible in maritime and coastal areas.
The eligible expenses to obtain the contribution are the following:
• Construction works and planning expenses strictly functional to the project;
• expenses relating to the purchase of plants, machinery, instruments, furnishings, hardware and new factory equipment and compliant with community regulations strictly functional to the realization of the project;
• expenses for tests referred to in the first point;
• Expenses for the promotion and provision of tourist packages;
• Purchase of software, Acquisition by burden of Licenses of Use of Software, know-how and other forms of intellectual property strictly functional to the realization of the project;
• Costs for consultancy and support services for innovation aimed at carrying out interventions.
For the list of expenses excluded, please refer to the article 7, comma 4 notice.
Sustainable tourism bonus 2024: how to apply
The companies concerned must send the application for funding exclusively in electronic mode, using the appropriate platform made available by the Ministry of Tourism, accessible via SPID or CIE.
The request, complete with all the required documentation and the project proposal, must be sent within the deadline set for the hours 12.00 of the 31 July 2024.
It is also, It is necessary to possess a certified e -mail box (PEC) and a digital signature.
For all details, please refer to the full text of the public notice of the Ministry of Tourism.
We remain available for information regarding assistance and advice for the preparation of financing applications. You can contact us at n. 081 7871810, or send an e-mail to segreteria@adim.info
