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Booktowns

A book town is a small village with a large number of second-hand or antiquarian book shops. These villages attract bibliophiliac tourists to the book shops, and with literary festivals.The first book town was Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Its example was followed by numerous villages, first in Europe, and then across the world.Some of the book towns are organised in the International Organisation of Book Towns.It offers an exemplary model of sustainable rural development and tourism. It is one of the most succesful new tourism developments and is being followed in many countries.Five European Book Towns: Bredevoort (The Netherlands), Fjaerland (Norway), Hay-on-Way (Wales), Montolieu (France), and Redu (Belgium), jointly have completed the 24 monthsââ¬â¢ EU-project UR 4001 : European Book Town Network -As one of the results of this project, the International Organisation of Book Towns, the "I.O.B.", has been founded.


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