Being well-known as the birthplace of the Kalevala epic, Kainuu region has its full potential to become a popular tourism destination by inheriting an enriched value of cultural heritage. As mentioned in my last blogpost, the area has many attractions representing Kalevala theme, its father, Elias Lönnrot’s journey and honoring Literary Tourism in general. However,…
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Storytelling in literary and cultural tourism Literary tourism is based on storytelling and can contribute to greater value in cultural tourism by providing tourism destination visitors with much stronger bonds with destination through stories. Symbiosis of literary and cultural tourism allows visitors to gain experience through understanding of complex messages simultaneously engaging and emotionally immersing…
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Hello, my name is Pham Duy Bao; everyone calls me Jun. I am a young man who is growing up and discovering himself. Let me first share my journey with you! Back to the good old days of the journey! After 18 years of life encapsulated from home to high school, the day I got…
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Chapter 1: I have a dream Everyone has a dream, don’t they? Do you have one? Two? Or more? When I was in primary school, the art teacher gave me a drawing exercise as homework. The task was to draw what I would like to become in the future. I still remember that I was…
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