What if past battle sites were used to promote peace today? This is the aim of Somme Battlefields for Peacea collection launched in 2022 at places of memory, certain lodges, hotels and tourist offices in the Somme. After two years, this collection brought in nearly 54,000 euros, Somme Tourisme announced on November 11, 2024.
A fifteen donation boxes are available to visitors in several places of memory in the Somme. “We are at around 54,000 eurosdescribes Léa Manot, project manager at Somme Tourisme. Very often, it is visitors who make donations at the end of their visit, otherwise, it is during events organized by Somme Tourisme. Donations vary quite a bit.“
Part of the donations are already donated to Handicap Internationalwhich takes charge “to intervene with civilians in countries at war, for example to finance rehabilitation devices or mine clearance operations.“The partnership with the association will continue, with the support of Normandy which has just been added.”It's rewarding, and it allows us to renew the image of memory tourism, once the centenary of the Great War has passed.”
This weekend of November 11, Somme Tourisme is offering 18 guided tours of 19 places of memory as part of the “**Appointment with world history******“at the low price of 2 euros.
