My Seminar in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands University, 2018

The scope of the seminar is to help students to develop sustainable tourism offers, including accommodation, catering, activities.
The seminar refers to the EU year of Cultural Heritage and underlines how cultural proposals can help to address the thorny issue of seasonality in sea&sand popular destinations such as Palma de Mallorca. It will be stressed how sustainable tourism with its potentialities connected to outdoor low-impact sports, the valorization of less popular locations can help to better menage tourism, defuse the concentration of tourists' flow and better distribute holiday-makers on the territory.

Students will be stimulated to create articulated packages that would be based on existing green realities (local hosts, farmers, producers; little known material heritage, immaterial heritage events/traditions; nature and landscapes beyond the mainstream trials and spots).  

Topics:
1) Introduction to Sustainable Tourism,
2) Eco-friendly accommodations
3) Food&Wine experience and sharing
4) Outdoor sports & activities
5) Domestic regulations and norms
6) Cultural Heritage: 2018 EU year
7) Events vs Seasonality
8) Liaising&stake holders

Prezi presentation available here!
https://prezi.com/eyia4nnbs1ky/sust_tour_friend/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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