Students working on measurements against overtourism
June 2019
With my Swiss students in the Azores. Working on the question of what the archipelago can do against overtourism in the long run.
News
Christian moderates the breakout session in the frame of the Austrian World Summit
1. 6. 2019
Christian had the honour and pleasure to moderate the breakout session ‘sustainable tourism and climate change’ in the frame of the Austrian World Summit #R20AWS
Routes of Reformation project received certification
16. Mai 2019
The Routes of Reformation project received the certification from the Council of Europe as European Cultural Route much quicker than expected. Big success for this INTERREG project.
Sustainability project with Albanian tourism schools
27.4.2019
Very happy to be back in Albania and being able to contribute to the project ’Including sustainability into the new tourism related curricula in Albanian tourism schools’ by KulturKontakt Austria.
LENA - Danube Guide module in Serbia
23.2.2019
One of the last LENA - Danube Guide modules ... this time in Sombor and Bački Monoštor (Serbia) in the wonderful border triangle SER-CRO-HU.
3rd module of the LENA - Danube Guides course in Ruse / Bulgaria
10.2.2019
3rd module of the LENA - Danube Guides course in Ruse / Bulgaria. Very good discussions and practical experience of guiding during an excursion to the rock churches of Nisovo (Rusenski Lom Nature Park)
Excursion to Morocco
January 2019
Excursion of the HTW Chur 'Sustainable Tourism & International Development' Major to Morocco. Memorable days including topics like ecotourism for development, national park, argan oil cooperatives, Robinson Club hotel training for disadvantaged young people, cooking classes and much more ... Thanks to GIZ for great support.
Christian Baumgartner is awarded a professorship
12.1.2019
Christian Baumgartner is awarded a professorship for Sustainable Tourism at the HTW Chur (CH).
www.htwchur.ch/htw-chur/lebensraum/institut-fuer-tourismus-und-freizeit-itf/
Weltweitwandern Academy
December 2018
Weltweitwandern organizes together with Christian as trainer and facilitator the Weltweitwandern Academy with 50 participants from 30 countries. A both intensive but also amazing week for partner agencies and key-guides.
5 days (and nights) of Styrian excursions (Zotter, Gölles, ...) discussing the present and the future, exercises for improving guiding skills - and a lot of cross-cultural fun.
Workshop discussion with the German Bundestag committees
24.11.2018
Workshop discussion with the German Bundestag committees for 'Tourism' and 'Economic Cooperation and Development'. Organised by GIZ / BMZ Christian was invited to give the keynote speech on 'Sustainable Tourism in Developing and Emerging Countries'.