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A project that shares and promotes the educational footpaths of the Valais
Would you like to understand the natural and cultural heritage that surrounds us? The Association Nature - Culture & Tourisme encourages this initiative. The association aims to improve site quality and to promote the canton’s educational trails.
The objectives
- create an inventory of the sites and the educational trails in the Valais ;
- evaluate their quality ;
- bring them to the public’s attention, in collaboration with the landowners and the tourist industry ;
- distinguish their characteristics and organise them in different categories according to the target public ;
- offer an advisory service for all new projects, and for the improvement of existing facilities ;
- to offer, in the long term, an accreditation of quality by the Valais State ;
- to attract and support candidates in obtaining the accreditation.
Who are we ?
ature - Culture & Tourisme is an association created in 2011.
The NCT association statues
Founding members
- La Murithienne, The Valaisanne Society for Natural Sciences
- Valrando, The Valaisanne Hiking Association
- Musée de la nature du Valais, Sion
- Plateforme Culture Valais
To find out more : Flyer NCT
Project support
The Nature – Culture & Tourisme project is supported on behalf of the Valais State by :
- le Service du développement économique
- le Service des forêts et du paysage
- le Service de la culture
