Heritage & Slow TourismLAB / HTHIC: Letland & Finland – 3 februari 2021 Gepubliceerd op: 25 januari 2021 In deze eerste HTHIC LAB meeting van 2021 gaan we nader in op de filosofie van Erfgoed en Slow Tourism en verkennen we twee voorbeelden van Sow Tourism in de praktijk: Zanda Serdane neemt on mee naar Letland: ‘Latvia. Best enjoyed slowly’ en James Simpson is betrokken bij de ontsluiting van de St Olav waterwegen in Finland als een pelgrimsroute, ontwikkeld in nauwe samenwerking met de locale community en stakeholders op het terrein van erfgoed en natuurbehoud. HTHIC Heritage & Slow TourismLAB Welcome to the HTHIC Heritage & Slow TourismLAB. The LAB brings together researchers, business owners, professionals and policymakers to explore the varying meanings and practices of Slow and answer the leading question “How to protect and preserve natural and cultural heritage thanks to and despite tourism?” read more > Agenda 3 February: 11:00 – 12:30, CET timezoneconverter Duration: 1,5 hours Format: live cast via Zoom Theme: Applying the Slow Philosophy Hosts: Karin Elgin-Nijhuis Burçin Kalabay Hatipoğlu This HTHIC LAB meeting is organised with DutchCulture Speakers: Zanda Serdane “Slow philosophy in destination marketing: The case of ‘Latvia. Best enjoyed slowly’ tourism brand” James Simpson “Pilgrimage and long-distance hiking trails – the original slow tourism” Moderated Q&A with attendees Applying the Slow Philosophy Our first guest speaker, Dr. Zanda Serdane, will look at the implications of applying the Slow philosophy in destination marketing through the national tourism brand and illustrate how the national brand is being applied at the local level. She will focus on Latvia where the slow philosophy was embedded in the tourism destination brand “Latvia. Best enjoyed slowly.” The presentation will provide insights into the challenges associated with the slow brand’s practical application and discuss the possible strategies to overcome them. St. Olav Waterway is a pilgrimage trail opened in 2019 exploring remote rural areas and islands in the Finnish archipelago and Åland Islands. It was developed with intensive stakeholder engagement with local communities and SMEs. James Simpson endeavours to develop new business models and services for walkers. The trail combines natural beauty and local cultural heritage. “By travelling slowly one experiences more.” How to attend the LAB meeting: Register for Zoom The digital meeting in the Heritage & Slow TourismLAB allows you to tune in and participate where ever you are. Before the meeting you can take these steps to ensure you are prepared to participate: After registering you received a confirmation email and a special link that you will need to click on to access the meeting. Keep this link and the password safe. Zoom is the free software the LAB uses to facilitate the meeting. Before the meeting, download Zoom (https://zoom.us/download >) on your computer (if you have not already done so). Test it by opening it up and familiarise yourself with especially the camera and microphone settings. Peruse the Zoom Support Centre (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us >) for detailed instructions. 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Enquiries can be sent to info@heritagetourismhospitality.org > Speakers: Zanda Serdane & James Simpson Zanda (Serdane (PhD) is a lecturer in tourism, events and hospitality at Christ Church Business School, Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom. She has designed and delivered tourism and marketing related modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the UK and Latvia for more than ten years. She earned her PhD in 2017 from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, where she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Her PhD thesis was on the subject of slow tourism and its underlying philosophy. She has also published papers on this subject. Her research interests include destination marketing and management, travel experiences, and tourism policy implementation. Prior to her academic career, Zanda has worked in the hospitality industry for seven years managing a family-run holiday centre. James Simpson (MA) is project manager for St. Olav Waterway, a pilgrimage route in the Finnish archipelago and Åland Islands and part of St. Olav Ways, a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. He focuses his work on the use of natural and heritage spaces for well-being and tourism, spaces where people and places meet. St. Olav Waterways was created by a three-year Central Baltic Interreg project and is now being further developed through a two-year grant from The Finnish Ministry of Culture. Reading & Video Zanda Serdane’s PhD thesis “Slow Tourism in Slow Countries: The Case of Latvia” (2017) is available on: https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/43513/7/Zanda_Serdane_SLOW_TOURISM_IN_SLOW_COUNTRIES.pdf > About St. Olav Waterway: https://stolavwaterway.com/en/ > Stories: a user perspective: https://stolavwaterway.com/en/stories/ > About St Olav: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes/the-route-of-saint-olav-ways > About Turku Cathedral, the starting point: https://youtu.be/nAExTwUL1PI > About Nidaros Cathedral, end point of the trail: https://youtu.be/9p189pcnYjo > About the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes/about > https://www.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes/the-route-of-saint-olav-ways