The TULE center aims to create a “network” of subjects (understood as individuals but also university campuses, research centers, institutions, and associations) who see literary tourism as a possible way to promote local areas and to offer non-standardized modes of travel.
Partners of the Center include the Literary Parks and Uniser Pistoia, who, in September 2021, signed a letter of intent together with the University for Foreigners of Perugia to establish a Research Center for Literary Tourism.
The Literary Parks, conceived by Stanislao Nievo in the mid-1990s and entering a renewed phase in 2009 under the presidency of Stanislao De Marsanich, represent a tangible and established form of territorial promotion through literature and a connection between authors, writing, and the economy.
As part of the support for the launch and consolidation of the “Made in Italy, food and hospitality” degree course, the Perugia Cassa di Risparmio Foundation has decided to support the activities of the TULE Center by sponsoring the international conference in November 2022.
In July 2022, the scientific and cultural collaboration agreement between the TULE Center and CAER, Centre aixois d’études romanes of the Université d’Aix-Marseille, was approved.