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Programme of study visit to Italy and local seminar

Posted on 12 September 202221 September 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

Castello del Valentino; Herbert wie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

See the programme of study visit to Italy organised by the SPOT project. We are going to concern the case study of “vineyard landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”. All activities are presented in Italian time zone (CEST). Students and academicians are requested to take own laptops. You might also download the programme of the study visit to Italy as a PDF file, and the programme of the local seminar (PDF file).

Notes

The workshop takes place in Room 6V, at the Valentino Castle
Participants are accommodated at Tomato Urban Retreat
Lunches are served at Armida Canoeing Club, at the cost of 8€ per lunch
The social dinner on Wednesday evening takes place at Restaurant Lo Sbarco, and costs 18€ per person

September 19, 2022, Monday, Study visit Day 1

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
09:45 – 10:00	Meeting at Castello del Valentino		Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
10:00 – 10:30	Welcome	Giancarlo Cotella (POLITO, SPOT Partner Leader) Andrea Bocco (DIST, Head of Department) Marco Santangelo (POLITO, School of Planning and Design Vice-Head) Tomasz Napierala (ULODZ, SPOT Project Manager)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
10:30 – 11:30	Introduction to the Case Study Area	Marta Bottero / Vanessa Assumma (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
11:30 – 13:00	Spatial Planning, Landscape Planning and Tourism in Italy	Giancarlo Cotella / Emma Salizzoni (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break		Armida Canoeing Club
14:30 – 15:30	Subdivision into Groups & Meeting with the Tutors	7 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group is supported by 1-2 instructors	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
15:30 – 16:15	World Heritage Sites – Cultural Landscapes and Tourism	Yasemine Sarikaya Levent (UMERSIN)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
16:15 – 17:00	The Challenges of Climate Change	Vanessa Assumma (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
17:00 – 17:30	Break
17:30 – 18:15	Enhancing Sustainable Tourism in Rural Areas – Mobility Challenges	Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
18:15 onwards	Free Evening

September 20, 2022, Tuesday, Study visit Day 2

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
08:30 – 09:45	BUS travels to the case study area	Marta Bottero / Vanessa Assumma (POLITO)	Castello del Valentino – Serralunga d’Alba
09:45 – 10:15	Exploratory walk in Serralunga d’Alba Town		Serralunga d’Alba
10:15 – 12:15	“Locals talking” – Discussion with various stakeholders from the case study area	Vanessa Assumma (POLITO)	Maria Cappellano Square, Serralunga d’Alba
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch time (Lunch box)		Verduno Belvedere
14:00 – 16:00	Visit in the WiMu Wine Museum in Barolo		Falletti Castle, Falletti Square, Barolo
16:00 – 17:30	Scenic walk from Barolo to La Morra Belvedere		Barolo – La Morra (Download GPX file for your GPS device)
17:30 – 18:45	BUS travels back to Torino		La Morra – Castello del Valentino

September 21, 2022, Wednesday, Study visit Day 3

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
09:00 – 10:30	Workshop: Stakeholder Analysis	Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała / Marta Nalej (ULODZ)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
10:30 – 12:30	Students working in groups on stakeholder analysis	7 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group is supported by 1-2 instructors	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch break		Armida Canoeing Club
14:00 – 15:00	Workshop: How to Support Decision Making Effectively	Vanessa Assumma (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
15:00 – 17:00	Participated SWOT Analysis: Students working in groups	7 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group is supported by 1-2 instructors	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
17:00 – 17:30	Break
17:30 – 19:00	Students working in groups	7 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group is supported by 1-2 instructors	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
20:30 onwards	Social dinner		Lo Sbarco – Via Silvio Pellico 5

September 22, 2022, Thursday, Study visit Day 4

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
09:00 – 12:30	Workshop: Writing Actionable Policy Recommendations	Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała / Marta Nalej (ULODZ), Yasemine Sarikaya Levent, Tolga Levent (UMERSIN)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
10:30 – 12:30	SPOT Consortium Meeting	In parallel to the working groups (max 2 persons per every SPOT Project Partner)	Room Astengo
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00 – 18:30	Students working in groups	7 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group will be supported by 1-2 instructors	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
18:30 onwards	Free (working…) evening

September 23, 2022, Friday, Local seminar

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
09:00 – 09:15	Welcome speech	Giancarlo Cotella (POLITO)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
09:15 – 09:30	Presentation of the SPOT Project	Tomasz Napierała / Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała (ULODZ)	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
09:30 – 11:00	Students’ presentation. Round I	15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of discussion for each of 3-4 groups	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
11:00 – 11:30	Break
11:30 – 13:00	Students’ presentation. Round II	15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of discussion for each of 3-4 groups	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break		Armida Canoeing Club

September 23, 2022, Friday, Study visit Day 5

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
14:30 – 16:00	Evaluation of educational effectiveness of teaching on the spot	Instructors (2 per group) will conduct focus with each of students’ group	Room 6V – Castello del Valentino
16:00 – 16:30	Summary of the study visit to Italy		Room 6V – Castello del Valentino

BUP PhD workshop “Societies, Cultures, Critical Theories”

Posted on 25 July 202225 July 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

PhD workshop “Societies, Cultures, Critical Theories” will take place on 6-7 October 2022 at Södertörn University.

Deadline for applications is 22 August 2022.

Read more about the workshop and how to apply on the Södertörn University website.

The upcoming PhD workshop “Societies, Cultures, Critical Theories” aims at strengthening collaboration and find novel ways of interaction between PhD students from participating universities of The Baltic University Programme (BUP), in the name of supporting the key role that universities play in a democratic, peaceful and sustainable development. Drawing on peer-to-peer learning, the workshop offers the possibility for doctoral students to present and receive feedback on their own research, as well as to comment on research by fellow PhD students. In addition, it constitutes a platform for initiating possible collaborations, networks and joint publications. The workshop will take place on 6-7 October 2022.

The workshop focuses in particular on PhD level research in the humanities, arts, and social studies. We especially encourage participation in this workshop for PhD students from the following subjects: aesthetics, anthropology, archaeology, arts, cultural studies, ethnology, history, history of ideas, languages, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, but PhD students from all disciplines are welcome!

Participants that take part during the whole workshop will receive a Certificate of Attendance, issued by the BUP Coordinating Secretariat.

There is no participation fee and accommodation as well as lunches will be provided by BUP (Södertörn University). Participants are expected to cover the travel costs to and from Södertörn University themselves. We are aiming for an in-person event, however, the alternative of a hybrid format remains open.

International Tourism Congress ITC2022: Registration

Posted on 18 July 20227 November 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

Registration to International Tourism Congress ITC2022 is open:

till November 13, 2022 – registration to special session of SPOT project only
till October 15, 2022,
early bird – September 15 25, 2022.

We welcome all researchers, PhD candidates and students interested in geographical, social, environmental, economic, political, and managerial contexts of sustainable tourism. Join our discussion! Join the International Tourism Congress ITC2022! The main theme of ITC2022 is: “Tourism – Going Back/Forward to Sustainability”.

Mind that during ITC2022 you can present results of your recent studies on various issues and problems of tourism. When registering to the ITC2022, please consider submitting an abstract of your presentation. For more details go to Call for Abstracts.

Registration to International Tourism Congress ITC2022 is open till October 15, 2022, and for early birds – till September 15, 2022. Your registration form will be revised. Then, you will receive the payment request with all details your accounting department might need when sending a bank transfer.

We proudly announce that the Baltic University Programme decided to support the International Tourism Congress ITC2022. BUP offers 20 scholarships to cover costs of congress fee for researchers, PhD candidates and students who 1) are affiliated to BUP participating universities, 2) want to participate in ITC2022 onsite in Lodz, and 3) submitted an abstract of oral presentation or poster. Application for a scholarship is included in a registration form.

How to register? Just fill the form below!

Lesson from Portuguese local seminar – Peniche, May 13, 2022

Posted on 10 July 202210 July 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

We were impressed by the quality of work presented by our students during Portuguese local seminar. This multiplier event was held in Peniche on May 13, 2022. The aim of the local seminar was to present the results of the SPOT study tour to Portugal. The achievements of a students’ work during the intensive learning programme in Peniche were presented to the local community and now – after review and revision – are available on the SPOT project website.

We have learned from our students that the concept of sustainability should be changed. The focus on economic growth must be replaced by the idea of a great experience that every stakeholder should have in terms of development.

We understand that spatial planning is strictly connected to strategic planning. Everything what we plan is somehow embedded in a space and places. On the other hand, timeline for different strategic goals is requested. When planning, resources and tools of main stakeholders influencing solutions should be clearly defined. Consequences of renunciation should be identified as well when planning.

It must be emphasized that any plan won’t be successful without dialogue between stakeholders, at least local community and authorities. This makes participatory spatial planning extremely demanded. Destination Management Organization might become a perfect forum for that kind of dialogue. On the other hand, we have some limits of public participation. Spatial planning of archeological sites or ecological precious areas cannot be negotiated.

When proposing solutions and defining actionable policy recommendations, interests and needs of all stakeholders should be taken into consideration. As an example, most of our students’ groups identified problem of missing or inefficient public transportation system. When developing one it must target problems of both inhabitants and tourists. It is better to be sustainable by using existing potential of the place but not creating big investment projects.

When summarising Portuguese local seminar our students noticed that even small steps undertaken by local communities contribute to global change and allow to solve global threats.

Students’ reports aiming issues of sustainable tourism development in the area of Baleal Beach:

International Tourism Congress ITC2022: Call for Abstracts

Posted on 13 June 202215 September 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

ITC2022 call for abstracts is open till ~~15th~~ 25th September 2022.

The only accepted way to submit the abstract is to use the online system dedicated for that purpose: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/itc/index. Do not send us abstracts by email!

Each abstract should be prepared in English according to the requirements described on the website of the online submission system: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/itc/author_info.

All submissions will be reviewed by the members of the Scientific Board.

The main theme of ITC2022 is: “Tourism – Going Back/Forward to Sustainability”. We will discuss geographical, social, environmental, economic, political, and managerial contexts of sustainable tourism. Feel invited to participate in the discussion, feel invited to ITC2022!

When submitting an abstract of your presentation, consider one of the already accepted sessions. Our intention is to make our discussion structured and understandable to a wider audience.

The general discussion on the sustainability of tourism is expected during ITC2022. We must address the challenges of tourism resulting from contemporary environmental issues, mainly climate change and the loss of geo- and biodiversity. We expect presentations referring to both, current and future climate conditions. On the other hand, focusing on local communities is also a must. We expect a discussion on the participation of the local communities in the tourism and hospitality industry not only to aim for the local economy, but to contribute to a society holistically. From this perspective, development of tourism in rural areas is crucial. We suggest exploring and comparing how tourism in rural areas might contribute to an impact on the sustainable development of rural spaces, including remote, sparsely populated, and less-favoured areas.

Due to the location hosting the ITC2022, our particular interests are in the Baltic Sea Region. We invite discussion on recent challenges of sustainable tourism in the Baltic Sea Region, aiming for an evolutionary approach with particular focus on environmental, economic, social, and political issues of tourism development.

Recovery of tourism from any crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic, must address sustainability. We propose the discussion on scenarios of economic and financial recovery of tourism businesses. This is to face the recent loss of liquidity of tourism enterprises and to target sustainability as a response to future crises. From that perspective, a substantial need to stimulate and design new policies reshaping the air transportation industry is expected. We propose the discussion on changes made to aviation policy and impacts on the evolution of tourism, either adversely or beneficially.

We would like to focus on the development and research of promising types of tourism in terms of sustainable development. Feel invited to present your scientific achievements related to literary tourism and film-induced tourism products and experiences that promote sustainable development of destinations. Moreover, we would like to discuss how the practice of sport activities in nature can constitute a means of fulfilling the desire to travel and recreation associated with memorable and authentic experiences, but also the need to protect nature. We believe that sustainable tourism must be adapted to the needs of all people with disabilities or not. Thus, we propose the discussion on accessible tourism.

We understand that niche tourism has the potential to contribute to sustainable development. We see that tourism resources produce niche tourism products developed in a sustainable approach to benefit local communities. From ecotourism, to nature-based tourism, to community-based tourism to olive oil tourism, to vine-tourism to astro-tourism there are many examples on how niche markets can put sustainability in practice. We also see room for the discussion on a new approach to cultural tourism that promotes the development of disadvantaged areas. We would like to exchange experience on the role of cultural tourism in creating place-based identities and how these link to broader processes of regional, national, and multinational cultures.

Young generations are considered an important stakeholder in sustainable development. Discussion on youth tourism is mandatory, as youth has the power to change the world. But it is important to involve young people in discussions and actions related to the future of tourism. We invite contributions and different perspectives that focus on the trends and challenges of human and social capital needed for sustainable development of the tourism sector. We also expect a broad discussion on tourism education at all levels. All types of jobs in the tourism industry require qualifications and training that can equip current and future employees with adaptable, agile, and resilient skills requested in a world of uncertainty.

Finally, ITC2022 targets the idea of excellence in tourism research. Thus, we propose discussion on ontological, epistemological, and methodological foundations of tourism research. The discussion of methods should consider the rapid development of information and communication technologies, mobile technologies, and geographic information systems. We see that both internetization and technological development result in unprecedented possibilities for conducting more precise and comprehensive research on tourist phenomena.

The vineyard landscape of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. Building a strategy of tourism valorisation and management

Posted on 6 June 202212 September 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

The next SPOT study visit that will take place in Turin (Italy) between September 19 and 23, 2022, concerns the case study “vineyard landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”, which is a territorial context modelled in the century by local communities in Southern Piedmont. In the past, this territory was poor and marginal, and over the latest years, it has become remarkably rich and with great potentialities for growth and development. This was possible in part thanks to the UNESCO candidacy process, that begun in the early 2000s. and to the inclusion of the area into the World Heritage List in 2014. This landscape was modelled for centuries by the local communities for the cultivation and production of excellent and certified wines. Situated in southern Piedmont and adjoining the Liguria Apennines, the vineyard landscape extends and counts 100 Municipalities where live about 300,000 inhabitants. It is far 90 minutes by car from Turin and 120 minutes from Milan.

The inscription into the World Heritage List list has increased the visibility of the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato as “living cultural landscape” all over the world, thanks to its cultural resources, both tangible and intangible, as well as natural features. At the same time, the area has suffered increasing challenges due to the growing exposition to tourism, as for instance transport congestion and difficult accessibility, uneven economic development, and deterioration of the natural and cultural heritage. Overall, spatial planning in the area is currently characterised by three main challenges:

The need to revise the Regional Territorial Plan (RTP) that, approved in 2011, did not include any reference to the UNESCO landscape of Piedmont Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. This activity should draw on the area’s cultural resources, both tangible and intangible, as well as on its natural and economic specificities. At the same time, it should tackle the challenges concerning tourism pressure in specific places where the media exposure is higher rather than the remaining municipalities of this territorial context.
The update of the General Regulatory Plans of the municipalities of the area to take into account the Regional Landscape Plan Guidelines (RLP). This issue is tightly connected to the one above, as both the RTP and the RLP are produced by the Region. In particular, the RLP is one of the main instruments through which spatial planning can tackle tourism issues, through the voluntary undertaking of its guidelines by the municipalities. In this sense, the Municipalities belonging to the UNESCO site must update their General Regulatory Plans according to guidelines specifically designed for the area.
The delivery on the ground of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and of the EU Programming 2021-2027, and how the actions promoted through the latter can contribute to valorise the tourism potential of the area in a synergic way, while at the same time acting to tackle the main challenges that the increase of tourism pressures brings along with them.
Linked to the above, to overcome the rather low institutional capacity of the small and medium municipalities of the area to efficiently and effectively deal with the unprecedented amount of resources, through the design of a strategic plan for territorial development aimed at their effective spatialisation.

Acknowledging the above challenges, during the workshop, students will be required to design a spatial development strategy aiming at the territorial development of the site, in which sustainable tourism plays the key role. The results of the workshop will be a set of policy messages and recommendations addressing local actors and stakeholders actively involved in the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, with the purpose of helping them in the envisioning of more sustainable policies and actions.

SPOT study visit to Italy is organised by Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) at Politecnico di Torino (POLITO). All project activities will be held between September 19 and 23, 2022 in Turin. However, one-day trip to the case study area of the southern part of Piedmont has been already planned.

The Green Track Stop event “A Walk in the Woods…”

Posted on 16 May 202216 May 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

Detailed information about the Green Track Stop event “A Walk in the Woods – citizen science for forests” can be found on the event webpage and on the Twitter account.

The Green Track Stop event “A Walk in the Woods – citizen science for forests”, organized on behalf of the vegetation group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) as part of the EU GreenTrack campaign, has already started. We would like to invite all young European citizens to take part in this activity!

Contribute to the Green Track Stop initative! Go for a walk in the forest near your home, your school or your university any time between May 16 and May 22 and answer the questions provided in our short online survey. In this survey, we want to know what you think about the value of forests and what you expect from future forest management. The results from the survey will be evaluated and forwarded to the European Commission in form of a short report.

The Green Track Stop is also a citizen science campaign to build a database of geotagged forest photos for all of Europe! So don’t forget to take one (or several!) photo(s) with geotag enabled in your smartphone’s camera settings, while you are in the forest. You are invited to fill out the survey during or after your forest walk. It is available in 6 different languages:

Baleal Beach case study – Locals talking

Posted on 11 May 202211 May 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

In a session called “Locals talking” held on May 10th, at School of Tourism and Maritime Technology of Polytechnic of Leiria (ESTM), some of the local stakeholders representing the community were present, namely Paulo Morais Ferreira (President of the Peniche Surfing Club and the national delegate of the Surfriders Foundation), Maria Simões (Manager of Lagido Supermarket and local accommodation YEY Baleal), Cristina Pereira (Manager of Hostel Baleal à Vista), Pedro Barata (President of Ferrel Parish) and Ricardo Leopoldo (Manager of Peniche Surf Camp). The discussion was moderated by João Paulo Jorge and Fernanda Oliveira from ESTM. We thank the presence of these stakeholders whose ideas and concerns about Baleal Beach, and its future planning and development greatly enriched the discussion.

Issues of tourism planning and tourism development in Baleal Beach

The process of reviewing and proposing a new Municipal Master Plan was launched in 2012. However, the whole process, for numerous reasons, has suffered many delays and only in 2018 was published, by the municipal council of Peniche, the preliminary report with the first proposal of the new Master Plan. One of the most important issues is related to the key tourist resources, namely the beaches and their sustainable planning and management, particularly the territorial unit of the parish of Ferrel, which includes Baleal beach.

According to the preliminary report Baleal beach requires a significant intervention, given the growing tourist demand and the degradation of its urban seafront at an exceptionally beautiful point (the area of the two bays created by the tombolo which connects it to the island). It is planned to minimize the car traffic, relocate the parking area, renaturalise it, the requalify the sandy beach and create a qualified pedestrian seafront.

It is important to note that, as mentioned by local stakeholders, in Baleal beach significant changes have started just 12 years ago, when the world surfing championships took place in Peniche. Surf tourism allowed to extended high season from 2 months up to more or less 8 months. This is what local actors really appreciate. They said, “surf tourism is a future of Peniche”.

Local actors also underlined other aspects such as quality of the tourist and complementary services facilities. Good tourist experience and spatial and regulatory organization are requested and supported by locals when creating products for tourists. Tourists when visiting Peniche expect to see the virgin nature. Thus, locals do not believe in the idea of mass tourism and related infrastructural development. Every infrastructural investment must strictly follow environmental requirements and fit to the local unique landscape. However, our locals said they are not unconditionally against the new hotel investments.

One issue that was strongly emphasised was the following: “It is difficult to make everyone talking to everybody”. This is so difficult to agree with inhabitants about ideas proposed by local leaders or municipality. On the other hand, it is difficult to attract municipality with ideas of local actors. They also mentioned that in a successful planning process the first step to be taken is to listen to the local community first and then move to a first proposal and not contrary as was done. Especially when authorities are thinking about planning the space like creating the piece of art first rather than process of discussion with locals.

Our students were interested in such issues and actively participated in the discussion and raised some pertinent questions like, e.g.: dark accommodation, participative spatial planning, tourism related crimes, sustainability of tourism development, political issues.

Closing remarks of “Locals talking” session

The revision process of the new Municipal Master Plan is currently underway and will soon enter the public discussion phase. This discussion is of great democratic importance as it allows citizens and stakeholders to actively participate in the management of the municipality through proposals and public debates.

Local communities play an important role in tourism development. They are regarded as legitimate and moral stakeholders in tourism development. Local community has to be involved in policy and decision making so that it will enhance the trust and confidence of the local people on the government bodies and tourism industry.

Programme of study visit to Portugal and local seminar

Posted on 4 May 202214 July 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

All activities are presented in Portuguese time zone (GMT+1). Students and academicians are requested to take own laptops. ESTM means School of Tourism and Maritime Technology, Polytechnic of Leiria. You might also download the programme of the study visit to Portugal as a PDF file, and the programme of the local seminar (PDF file).

May 9, 2022, Monday, Study visit Day 1

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
10:40	Departure from the hotel		Star Inn Hotel
11:00 – 11:30	Campus tour		ESTM
11:30 – 12:00	Welcome speeches	João Paulo Jorge (Polytechnic of Leiria) Luís Lima Santos (CiTUR Leiria) Tomasz Napierała (University of Lodz) Sérgio Leandro (Dean of School of Tourism and Maritime Technology)	ESTM Auditorium
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch		ESTM Canteen
13:00 – 13:30	Assignment of the task	7-8 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group will be supported by an instructor	ESTM Workshop Room
13:30 – 15:30	Workshop: QGIS and web-mapping for case study analysis	Marta Nalej (University of Lodz)	ESTM Workshop Room
15:30 – 15:45	Break
15:45 – 17:45	Workshop: Challenges of Europeanisation from different perspectives	Krzysztof Janc (University of Wroclaw)	ESTM Workshop Room
	Project meeting	Tomasz Napierała (University of Lodz)	(tbc)
17:45 – 18:00	Break
18:00 – 19:00	Lecture: Baleal Beach case study	João Paulo Jorge / Fernanda Oliveira (Polytechnic of Leiria)	ESTM Workshop Room
19:15	Bus leaves for the hotel		ESTM Car Parking Area

May 10, 2022, Tuesday, Study visit Day 2

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
08:45	Departure from the hotel		Star Inn Hotel
09:30 – 11:00	Óbidos
11:30 – 12:30	Praya d’el Rey
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break	Free time	Baleal Beach
14:30 – 15:30	Baleal Beach site study	ESTM Team	Baleal Beach
16:15 – 17:15	“Locals talking” – Table discussion with local stakeholders	Local stakeholders from Baleal Beach	ESTM Workshop Room
17:30	Bus leaves for the hotel		ESTM Car Parking Area

May 11, 2022, Wednesday, Study visit Day 3

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
08:40	Departure from the hotel		Star Inn Hotel
09:00 – 11.00	Workshop: Scientific report writing	Even Tjørve (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) / Tomasz Napierała (University of Lodz)	ESTM Workshop Room
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 – 12:45	Workshop: Stakeholder analysis. Round I	Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała / Marta Nalej (University of Lodz)	ESTM Workshop Room
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch break		ESTM Canteen
13:45 – 15:15	Workshop: Stakeholder analysis. Round II	Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała / Marta Nalej (University of Lodz)	ESTM Workshop Room
15:15 – 15:30	Break
15:30 – 17:30	Workshop: How to support decision making effectively	Vanessa Assumma (Politecnico di Torino)	ESTM Workshop Room
17:45	Bus leaves for the hotel		ESTM Car Parking Area
20:00	Social dinner		Star Inn Hotel

May 12, 2022, Thursday, Study visit Day 4

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
08:40	Departure from the hotel		Star Inn Hotel
09:00 – 12:00	Workshop: Writing actionable policy recommendations	Denis Cerić / Konrad Czapiewski / Marcin Mazur (Polish Academy of Sciences)	ESTM Workshop Room
12:00-13:00	Lunch break
13:00 – 17:15	Students’ group studies	7-8 groups of students (each of 5-6 students from 5 different universities) Each group will be supported by an instructor	ESTM Workshop Room
17:30	Bus leaves for the hotel		ESTM Car Parking Area
18:00	Facultative students’ group studies		To be agreed and organized by students

May 13, 2022, Friday, Local seminar

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
08:40	Departure from the hotel		Star Inn Hotel
09:00 – 09:15	Welcome speech	João Paulo Jorge (Polytechnic of Leiria)	ESTM Workshop Room
09:15 – 09:30	Idea of SPOT project	Tomasz Napierała / Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała (University of Lodz)	ESTM Workshop Room
09:30 – 11:00	Students’ presentation. Round I	15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of discussion for each of 3-4 groups	ESTM Workshop Room
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 – 12:45	Students’ presentation. Round II	15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of discussion for each of 3-4 groups	ESTM Workshop Room
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch break		ESTM Canteen

May 13, 2022, Friday, Study visit Day 5

Time	Activity	Presenter(s)	Venue
13:45 – 14:45	Evaluation of educational effectiveness of teaching on the spot	Instructors (2 per group) will conduct focus with each of students’ group	ESTM Workshop Room
14:45 – 15:15	Summary of the study visit to Portugal		ESTM Workshop Room
15:30	Bus leaves for the hotel		ESTM Car Parking Area

MapoFaktura 2022 – Geographical data analysis for tourism and crisis management

Posted on 11 April 202211 April 2022 by Tomasz Napierała

Number of commune’s inhabitants per 1 tourism accommodation facility.

Crisis mapping

Recent cartography and spatial data analysis are completely different to the periods before mobile technologies dominance. Web-mapping 2.0 is up-to-date, advanced in technology on the one hand, and inclusive and participatory on the other hand. Everyone can be a professional cartographer. Two contexts of web-mapping 2.0 are important from the perspective of crisis management: map mashups and crisis mapping. Map mashups allow to collect, assess, geocode, integrate, and disseminate spatial data related to crisis events through one application, e.g.: https://dopomoha.pl/en/. Crisis mapping is about editing maps to evidences the impacts of crisis events, and also about crisis management. The last mentioned context was the particular focus of MapoFaktura 2022.

From the perspective of tourism, crisis events have mainly negative consequences. Any serious crisis like COVID-19 pandemic (already investigated by the team of SPOT project) or Russian invasion of Ukraine results in tremendous decrease of travels and hits negatively performances of the tourism industry. However, many actions involving tourism industry might solve some negative consequences of crises, and in consequence reduce the negative impacts of crises on tourism enterprises. It is worth to be mentioned that during pandemic times hotel facilities were used to accommodate medicine doctors or people quarantined. Recently, we are witnessing large flows of refugees coming from Ukraine. Accommodation facilities are considered to host migrants temporarily until they found permanent house and job. MapoFaktura 2022 aimed to analyse the territorial capacity of the region of Lodz to host refugees, mainly by using tourism accommodation facilities.

The event of MapoFaktura 2022

On April 1, 2022, the achievements of MapoFaktura 2022 workshops have been presented as a part of GeoNight initiative. The event was organized by the students of tourism and recreation programme at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences. Project ‘SPOT. Sustainable Spatial Planning of Tourism Destinations’ was the proud partner of the event. The idea of MapoFaktura was created by the students of the course on social media in tourism offered by assist. prof. Tomasz Napierała. This was the third edition of this spectacular event. This year, participants got to know how to edit, process, and use spatial data for crisis management. MapoFaktura2022, including both workshops and online presentation, attracted 41 persons including 28 women, and 13 men. For more information visit the fan page of MapoFaktura on Facebook.

MapoFaktura2022 has created the new opportunities to train future professionals of tourism industry. The problem of crisis management has been considered as a respond to recent geopolitical and socio-economic situation. Brand new and already cooperating partners were involved in MapoFaktura project. The event was organized by the students of tourism and recreation programme at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences. Partners were: Project ‘SPOT. Sustainable Spatial Planning of Tourism Destinations’, SoftwareMill, Association OpenStreetMap Poland, Commission of Tourism Geography of Polish Geographical Society, and Lodz Tourism Organisation. Merit issues were consulted with prof. Przemysław Śleszyński from Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation of Polish Academy of Sciences.

Workshops organized on March 26, 2022 were the main part of MapoFaktura 2022. Workshops included for main thematic panels: contributing to the OpenStreetMap project, accessing to OpenStreetMap database, analysis of spatial data and applying spatial data for crisis management. During the workshops students learned how to cocreate OpenStreetMap. They got to know how effectively use both spatial data sources (OpenStreetMap), and programming tools (Python, Overpass Turbo, and Google Colab). Students edited maps in QGIS application and discussed content of that maps. Students were informed how to support strategic decisions by geographical analysis already prepared.

During the workshops the focus of participants was on most important aspects of crisis management. Responding to rapid increase of migration flows of Ukrainians evidenced since the beginning of Russian invasion over Ukraine, MapoFaktura 2022 aimed the estimation of territorial capacity to host migrants in the region of Lodz. The research area was analysed according to possibility of accommodating migrants in tourism facilities as well as entities of social care. The territorial capacity to host migrants in the region of Lodz was investigated from the perspective of needs of local populations and communication accessibility of discussed infrastructure. The following indicators were estimated: average number of citizens to one tourism accommodation facility or to one entity of social care. Distances from abovementioned tourism entities to transportation hubs were estimated. The numbers of pharmacy stores, facilities of healthcare and social care located in the walking distance from analysed entities ready to host migrants were counted. Based on abovementioned analysis, students found that areas most convenient for hosting migrants are: the most populated cities of a region – Lodz and Piotrków Trybunalski, counties’ capitals of the area along Pilica river – Opoczno and Tomaszów Mazowiecki, area of the communes associated in the initiative called ‘Centralny Łuk Turystyczny’, and Łowicz and neighbouring communes.

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