27. 4. 2020
In the current text, Christian Baumgartner tries to draw the lessons from the current crisis and makes a plea for seizing the opportunity towards more sustainability.
Article: Tourism after 2020 - Business as usual or Transformation?
March 2020
Insect mortality is an important ecological issue. Christian was invited to be the moderator of the Nature Conservation Forum of the Nature Conservation Academy Styria.
February 2020
Kick-Off workshop for the development of an ecotourism strategy for Georgia in Tbilisi. An exciting group of representatives from various ministries, state agencies, protected areas, the Ecotourism Association of Georgia and the commissioning GIZ.
Ökotourismusstrategie für Georgien / Ecotourism Strategie for Georgia (English)
January 2020
Workshop and meetings in Elbasan / Albania on behalf of Futouris / LCC Lufthansa City Centers. Sustainability is to be integrated into the further education programs of an academy for disadvantaged young people of the local LCC partner.
January 2020
Excursion of the tourism specialisation "Sustainable Tourism & International Development" at the FHGR to Morocco. Exciting days with topics like ecotourism for development, mule trekking with a Berber family, argan oil cooperatives, Robinson Club hotel training for disadvantaged youth, cooking classes and much more.... Many thanks to GIZ for the great support.
Dezember 2019
The first two workshops for Studiosus tour guides on sustainability, innovation and human rights. First Munich, later Berlin.
November 2019
Weltweitwandern organizes together with Christian as trainer and moderator the Weltweitwandern Academy with participants from 16 countries. An intensive and impressive week for partner agencies and key guides on Madeira.
You would have to have time to come here to hike once.
14.11.2019
Presentation 'Sustainable Tourism Development. Experience from rural-alpine regions.' at the annual conference of the German Society for Tourism Research (DGT), Deggendorf / DE.
Nachhaltige Tourismusentwicklung. Erfahrung aus ländlich-alpinen Regionen. (Deutsch)
8.11.-11.11.2019
Christian is in China again. On the basis of a very short notice invitation to Lishui, I am allowed to give a lecture in the context of a conference on sustainable development Lishui.
7.11.2019
IMC Krems always has interesting guests. Through the initiated cooperation with the University of Tehran a group of Iranian PHD students could come to Austria. Christian taught - exactly - sustainability and tourism.
