Projects

A key principle of OTT is that the work of the association each year must give equal focus to sustainable issues in high impact tourist districts as well as the broader communities where our 2000 collaborators and their families live.

And for 2025 we’re already engaged in exactly these.

Project Bosque do Quadrado (Quadrado's Woods) is a sensationally well-thought-out initiative already planned to be executed by the municipality after nearly a decade of study by tourism professionals and technical specialists. It is one of the first major conservation actions to improve public space here approved by IPHAN and endorsed enthusiastically by the tourism secretaries on the state and national level, as well as the travel industry and media.

OTT wants to thank all who helped create Bosque do Quadrado, an excellent initiative which will help grow shopping and services outside the Historic Quadrado while also improving the ‘green credentials’ of the entire center of the village, improving the health and safety of pedestrians and workers.

Transporte Trancoso is the launch of what OTT companies and workers hope will be a successful multi-year project developed by the municipal government and supported by the tourism industry for a free transportation network connecting Trancoso’s various communities efficiently and safely with an ancillary goal of attracting companies from outside Trancoso to invest in new affordable housing districts here, one of the biggest challenges faced by workers in any tourism hotspot. 

T30 – Trancoso Amanhã (tomorrow) is an ambitious project conceived by OTT members to position the destination as not only a sustainable tourism leader but as an innovator of green urbanization, planning three decades into the future an ideal balance of historical and natural preservation, sustainable fishing and farming, parks and trails, non-polluting and public transit, and an urban expansion which is so well-planned it addresses one of the biggest challenges in the travel world; affordable housing for workers and their families.

Trancoso Verão Verde (Green Summer) is an initiative by OTT to encourage and assist visiting businesses active in Trancoso during the busy summer high season peak to work sustainably and with respect to the destination's unique character and identity. This collaborative effort makes available stylistic guidelines, advisory on local rules and regulations, and 'introduction services' to share contacts of a network of skilled local suppliers expert in working with sensitivity and care within our community.

OTT – working for tourists and working for our collaborators and the broader community – acting today but planning for tomorrow. This is our mission.