On November
5th we had an extraordinary conference about the development of sustainable
tourism in Anykščiai at Anykščiai Jonas Biliūnas gymnasium. This conference was
initiated by the Erasmus+ programme "Thinking green“. Sustainable Tourism
for Sustainable Communities" project coordinators are teachers Asta Fjellbirkeland
and Ina Gailiūnienė. The lecturers were - Anykščiai district municipality
administrator of Culture, tourism and communication deparment Kristina
Kiaušaitė and VšĮ "Sveikatos oazė", Anykščiai swimming pool
"Bangenis" director and Anykščiai tourism cluster association
president Sonata Veršeliėnė - they introduced studens with current tourism
situation and strategy in Anykščiai district. While speaking about sustainable
tourism, Sonata Veršelienė presented the tourism cluster‘s activity in Anykščiai
district, which strengthened cooperation of tourism companies in Anykščiai.
According to the lecturer, the cluster is a geographical aggregate of related
companies, service providers, affiliated industries and certrain types of
institutions that not only compete but also cooperate. In the conference
lecturers were talking about how to reduce the negative impact on the
environment and promote nature-friendly tourist destinations that we are still
missing in Lithuania. The lecturers and conference participants discussed about
the problems that appear in order to enhance the development of sustainable
tourism. The pupils were fascinated by the initiative of Anykščiai district
municipality, which has been not seen before - a virtual map with landmarks and
attractions in Anykčiai district in 360°. Tourists
and local citizens guided by the map have the opportunity to travel around and
discover Anykščiai region while listening to the birds of the Anykščiai Šilelis
chirping. During the conference, pupils expanded their knowledge of Anykščiai
region's tourist attractions, famous objects, learned about the benefits of
local business development and guidelines for sustainable tourism development
in Anykščiai district.
In addition
to that on November 11th, the gymnasium also hosted a training course for
pupils where they learned how to use the graphic design site "Canva".
Later on, the project participants will develop infographics using this
programme on sustainable tourism in Anykščiai. The knowledge they gained during
the training and conference will be useful not only during the project, but
also in other areas of education and further life stages.
Project
group.
I like it so much, get some useful informations about sustainable tourism. It was pretty long, but the time passed fast like a bullet, most liked thing was the short movie about our city Anykščiai. Im wery happy to be in this project.
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