After the trip to beautiful Latvia, our groups started to design new concepts for the municipality of Tukums. The field trip gave us more insight into the nature tourism opportunities and challenges in the area. Also, how sustainability is taken into account by entrepreneurs who operate in the area. Tukums have a diverse nature. They…
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We arrived to Riga on Monday morning. Even though the weather forecast promised rain, we were lucky to have pleasant weather with sunshine. After we left our bags in the hostel, we headed to Turiba University where we listened to an interesting lecture about sustainability and got to see the campus. Also, we met Diana…
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Returning from a new destination After our departure from Latvia and our return home, I began to reflect on the experiences I was apart of. Overall, I was very satisfied by the overall feelings I can reflect on. Of course one could say it was apart of school, educational and tasks needed to be worked…
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My cultural heritage tourism experiences in Latvia While traveling to Latvia, I realized that the country is very rich in cultural heritage and traditions. Therefore, Latvia is an excellent destination for those who seek to learn more about the culture and traditions of the Baltic countries. There were some cultural heritage tourism destinations that we…
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A new country, a new feeling with old friends Comfortability in an unfamiliar place Upon arriving in Latvia, the first cultural aspect i experienced was the amount of Russian speaking nationals. There was a large amount of Ukrainian support along the capital of Riga which was very satisfying to me as well. Above all else,…
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A journey into Latvia’s nature-based tourism
Some of you may already know from my previous blog post that I visited Latvia as part of my university course. During the trip, I got to know of many incredible destinations in Latvia that are definitely worth visiting. In this blog post, I will describe my experiences of Latvia’s nature tourism destinations.
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