Welcome to my blog post! You can call me by the name Quyen Le or July. In the final stretch of the tourism studies at Lapland University of Applied Sciences, I expect the trip to Tukums, Latvia to be a sweet end to my international stay. Having lived in the city for nearly 21 years,…
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In this blog, I will introduce two main challenges for developing rural tourism in the Tukums region. In my last blog, I shared some stories and experiences when visiting those two rural destinations. I also mentioned some unpleasant feelings that it is hard to find the correct position in those places. This time, I will…
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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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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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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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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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When I first heard that my university was planning a study trip to Latvia I was immediately excited. As a 22-year-old Finn who has never visited the country, I’m really looking forward to learn more about rural tourism in Latvia, and luckily the departure is just around the corner.
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