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50 committed LIOF colleagues help your company grow with advice, a solid network and financing, to strive for a smarter, more durable and healthy Limburg.

How can we be conscious of our nature within our sector?
Can I come up with new ideas together with other entrepreneurs?
How can I make my business distinctive?

Program LimburgToerisme

LimburgToerisme is a program of LIOF aimed at innovation by (alliances) of and with companies active in the tourism and recreation sector in Limburg. Together with you, we want to create innovative product-market combinations with an economic return that respond to trends and social challenges. On this page you will find all the information about the program, the financing instruments and how we can help you with your plans.

For whom the program is intended?
What does our help consist of?

This program is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The funds are made available under the ongoing OPZuid 2014-2020 program.

Together and distinctive:
For the entrepreneur of tomorrow!

What companies can we support?

We are building a tourism & recreation sector in Limburg with SME companies that are innovative and distinctive, thereby cooperating within and outside the sector, within and outside Limburg, making optimal use of the opportunities for digitization and sustainability and thus future-proofing their business.

Are you working on innovative ideas, for example, to develop a new concept, to become more sustainable, to discover other markets or to do business in a future-proof way? Then we would like to sit down with you. We will examine your questions and together with you look at the opportunities and possibilities for your company.

What does our help consist of?

LIOF supports innovative entrepreneurs in Limburg with advice, network and financing. This also applies to the program LimburgTourism. Read how we can help you.

We are building a strong ecosystem

Communities

Within the program, (existing) communities are of great importance, both physically and digitally. Communities provide a platform for inspiration and are a source of collaboration. Informing, inspiring and initiating are therefore central.

At the moment there are, among others, three communities already active: Leisure Lab Limburg and Inspirerend Limburg and Entrepreneurs Network Tourist Limburg. We are closely aligned with them with this program.

But we also work closely with the following network partners from the Tourism and Recreation sector in Limburg: Visit Zuid-Limburg, Maastricht Marketing, Limburg Marketing, Visit Noord-Limburg, Hiswa-Recron, Koninklijke Horeca Nederland and the Maastricht Convention Bureau.

Events

Various events are organized around current themes, both physically (if permitted) and online. Think of current themes such as sustainability, health and digitization. The starting point is the dissemination and sharing of knowledge by and with companies. But the insights of knowledge institutions and other relevant organizations are also used.

Collective programs

Collective programs are organized several times a year. These programs consist of several master classes for groups of entrepreneurs who work together on specific issues. These programs are organized both online and physically (to the extent permitted).

Corona Rebuild Program Toerisme & Recreatie
The first collective program is the Corona Rebuild Program Tourism & Recreation whose first edition has already taken place at the end of 2020. This program supports a group of entrepreneurs, active in the tourism and recreation sector, to search for new sources of income and create a mindset to discover new market opportunities. A total of 6 weekly plenary master classes are organized with a different theme or assignment each time. In addition, each entrepreneur receives individual guidance from a business developer. Want to know more or apply directly?

Upcoming (partner) events

No events

Partners

Innovation Support

Together with you we go to the table

Two committed business developers are in the field to talk to entrepreneurs. Together with you, we look at your question and search for the most appropriate support. This may be through the financial instruments of our own LimburgTourism program, but also by using our network and access to other (financial) organisations.

Please feel free to contact us:

Tamara Weide: tamara.weide@liof.nl
Lisette Tilmans: lisette.tilmans@liof.nl

Funding

by means of two concrete instruments

Looking for funding for your plan? If so, we have financing options as well. The program has two financing instruments: VoucherProject and InnovationProject, With these instruments we help businesses in the tourism and recreation sector to innovate.

Both instruments have an individual and a collective variant.

Two funding instruments

and you do it alone or together

VoucherProject

Focused on development and feasibility testing.
Individual variant; 50% support, maximum € 2,500
Collective variant; at least 3 SMEs, 50% support, maximum € 10,000.

See the possibilities
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InnovationProject

Focused on the realization of ideas
Individual variant; 35% support, maximum € 10,000
Collective variant; at least 2 SMEs, 35% support, maximum € 25,000.

See the possibilities
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Get started today?

Would you like to know more about the possibilities that LimburgTourism offers? Let us know, we will be happy to help you. Fill out the form and we will contact you within 2 working days.

Mission Limburg is LIOF's initiative to make Limburg the most innovative, attractive and healthy province in the Netherlands. The LimburgTourism program is one of the instruments of this mission. These ambitions are not only attractive but are also very necessary for the Limburg economy. Urgent even.