With wildness and nature as its strength, Tukums municipality is a potential destination for rural trips. However, tourism operators have faced challenges in improving rural services and activities for customers. Today’s blog will mention some factors hindering the development of rural tourism in this region. Seasonality in tourism Like most neighboring countries and regions, the…
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Brian Halligan, CEO of Hubspot once said that: “It’s not what you sell that matters as much as how you sell it!”. Whatever sector a company operates in, it may profit from all that marketing has to offer and broaden its customer base. While marketing is a useful tool for expanding companies, it’s critical to…
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Sustainability has been a trend in the tourism field for quite a while now. Tourists as well as tourism companies are more aware of their actions and want their choices to have positive impacts. In this blog post, I will discuss rural tourism and sustainability and how the two can be combined.
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Here I will tell you what kind of cultural heritage, rural, and nature tourism destinations we experienced in Tukums. More precisely, I will write about my experiences on Tuesday which was the most rewarding day for me. We travelled to Latvia on Monday, and on Tuesday we drove from Riga to the Tukums region. There,…
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Welcome (again) to July’s blog posts! In the previous blog, we’ve gone through some must-try activities for tourists. This time I will introduce one of the extremely interesting experiences that visitors are highly recommended to take part in when coming to Tukums municipality, Latvia – walking through the forest on a barefoot trail. Feel free…
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On the third of October, we officially embarked on our journey from Riga to Tukums. Before reaching the place, I was really interested in what the rural destinations and experiences in Tukums look like. I came from China. In my memory, rural areas are always in an image of Large fields of rapeseed flowers or…
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When driving around the Latvian countryside, it became clear to me what rural tourism really stands for. Quite frankly, we were driving in the middle of nowhere, where the streets got more narrow and unpaved the further inland and closer to rural areas we got. Here are my highlights of our visit to Tukums municipality!
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During the two – day trip to Tukums, I have realized that this municipality is a raw gemstone in Tourism industry. With a fascinating natural and cultural resources, Tukums municipality will be a famous attraction in Latvia. In this blogpost, I will be your online tour guide for a short tour to Tukums – Latvia….
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I was totally surprised when I was been informed that we are going to Latvia for IDEP course. We are so lucky as the students from the previous class only went to Kemi which is our neighbouring city. We are always making this joke like we are learning international tourism management but it is so…
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This blog post is an analysis of factors that can limit nature-based tourism in Tukums from being widely recognized among the tourist community. These findings are collected based on online research as well as my own observation. Hence, it opens to see more feedback or comments from teachers and other students.
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