Public Notice "UmbriAperta: support for accommodations businesses"

The Official Bulletin of the Region of Umbria, Announcements and Competitions series no. 19 of 1 April 2021 has published

Public Notice "UmbriAperta: support for accommodations businesses"

The purpose of the call for proposals is to support investments for the reopening of Umbrian hospitality businesses affected by the Covid-19 health emergency and the consequent blocking of tourist flows due to the lockdown. The call intends to support investments by Umbrian accommodation businesses affected by occupancy and turnover in 2020 reduced by at least 30% as a result of the Covid-19 health emergency, as well as to support promotional and marketing initiatives aimed at increasing the average stay of potential guests.

The Umbria Region has allocated 8M€ for the call from the 2020-2022 regional budget using resources of ERDF ROP 2014-2020 Axis 3 - Action 3.2.1 and 8.2.1.

Applications can be submitted by micro, small and medium sized structures in the categories of hotel, non-hotel, open air and historical residence accommodations businesses, run as businesses and registered with the local Chamber of Commerce, having their operational headquarters in Umbria and active at the time of submitting the application, that had turnover lower in 2020 compared to 2019 by at least 30%, or in the 2018 financial year if in 2019 the business has been affected by a period of suspension of activity for restructuring work or due to documented objective reasons not dependent on business choices.