Tuesday 3 December 2019

We looked into the perspective of tourism in Anykščiai region in a different way


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.
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1 comment:

  1. 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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