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About the project
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TourNord’s goal is improving tourism education in the Nordics and Baltics, inspired by the key recommendations of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ 2019 tourism policy analysis for the industry:
- Increase Nordic cooperation on sustainable development in tourism
- Digitalize to ‘Smart’ Nordic Destinations
- Encourage innovation to foster competitiveness and growth.
With tourism playing a growing role in the Nordics, educators/students must gear themselves towards a new future in Nordic Tourism (NT). We aim to tackle these issues and apply them to higher education. Our objectives are:
SHORT-TERM (1+ year):
- Network meetings, serving as a forum for exchanging best practices and experiences for educational and knowledge development within NT.
- Discover and implement innovative ways of teaching to benefit educators and students in preparing them for the current/future demands of NT.
- Promote & advance student/staff mobility among partners for learning, innovation and R&D activities within NT.
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LONG-TERM (2+3 years):
- Writing handbooks & articles on key themes within NT and education.
- Develop intensive short-term courses for partner institutions (and beyond), geared at NT.
- Expand network with educational institutions & tourism actors to further strengthen Nordic cooperation