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I-DEST.COM turns one year old

The i-dest.com website officially launched on 15 January 2025. This summary presents the key events and development milestones of I-DEST's first year in chronological order – from its launch to its international presence. Thank you to all the partners and users who helped shape I-DEST's first year with us; we will continue to build on this foundation in the coming period.

Exactly one year ago, i-dest.com was launched with the ambition of supporting sustainable destination management with tangible, data-driven tools that can be applied in everyday practice. The past twelve months have been filled with intensive development, continuous learning, and expanding professional collaborations: together with destinations, tourism businesses, professional organisations, and international partners, we have shaped the I-DEST ecosystem.

2025. január 15, Hévíz. A CROSSDEST projekt nyitókonferenciáján jelentettük be a platform indulását
15 January 2025, Hévíz. We announced the launch of the platform at the opening conference of the CROSSDEST project.

This year was not only about technological advancements but also about building a community: workshops, pilots, international presentations, and new communication platforms have helped make I-DEST an understandable and useful tool for more and more stakeholders in an increasing number of countries. The multilingual dashboards, monitoring and benchmarking solutions, self-assessment tools for service providers, and the e-learning platform all serve the same purpose: to make sustainability not just an expectation but a measurable, developable, and communicable practice.

So, what has happened over the past year, and what developments are we currently using to support sustainable tourism on an international level?

January 2025: Test data upload – thanks to the Miskolc destination for being our partner in this. 

15 January 2025: The official launch of the i-dest.com website

22-23 January 2025: Two-day workshop with members of the Alföld Slow Association about the opportunities offered by I-DEST

17 April 2025: The internal dashboards of I-DEST are now available in 20 languages, and the public interface is accessible in virtually all languages.

23 April 2025: Our Standard Destinations Kit destination guide publication was completed, providing a detailed introduction to the destination opportunities offered by I-DEST.

May 2025: The CROSSDEST project partners, Hévíz, Sárvár, Murska Sobota, and Lendava destination management organisations, began professional testing of the platform.

4 May 2025: The I-DEST LinkedIn page was launched

20 May 2025: I-DEST made it to the top 10 start-ups at the PilotsINN Hungary start-up competition

25 May 2025: The first phase of the monitoring platform was completed, providing benchmarking tools for destinations and businesses.

29 June 2025: The I-DEST blog was launched

24 July 2025: A development on the service provider/destination dashboard was completed, enabling destination-level event calendar planning and joint communication with businesses, along with the completion of the second phase of the monitoring platform.

5 August 2025: The Hungarian version of the Standard Destinations Kit was completed, providing a detailed introduction to I-DEST's services for destinations.

15 August 2025: I-DEST is now in use in six countries.

6 September 2025: The I-DEST World English-language Facebook page was launched

28-29 September 2025: I-DEST was introduced at the Green Destinations international conference in Montpellier

4 October 2025: The self-assessment platform for service providers was launched in 20 languages, enabling the measurement of the Sustainable Tourism Index for all businesses.

31 October 2025: The I-DEST e-learning platform was launched, offering online sustainable tourism training in three languages for those interested.

22 November 2025: We reported on sustainability research conducted with I-DEST at the National Strategy Research Institute's conference in Székelyudvarhely.

15 January 2026: Currently, our database includes nearly 300 destinations and municipalities from 19 countries, of which 134 are accessible to the general public. Additionally, 157 attractions, 25 local producers, 8 hospitality venues, and 21 accommodations are available on the public interface – though the number of platform users is roughly three times this amount. 

The developments of the past year would not have been possible without the support of the CROSSDEST Slovenian-Hungarian INTERREG project and the continuous joint efforts of its project partners. Thank you!

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