The Role of Transportation in Sustainable Tourism.
Stefan Baumeister
In his presentation Stefan will focus on the role of transportation in sustainable tourism discussing both the positive and negative effects transportation has on tourism and its sustainable development. He will discuss the impact of staying longer at a destination versus doing many short trips throughout the year. He will dive deeper into presenting new solutions and how latest developments in the transportation industry can make tourism more sustainable such as the electrification of aviation. Stefan will focus on the shift away from air travel towards more sustainable solutions such as green travel or slow travel. Based on examples he will show that the journey itself could become the actual destination. Finally, Stefan will share his first-hand experience from his 30-day Green Travel Road Show in Spring 2025, visiting 18 European countries and covering more than 15 000 kilometres by rail.
Social Innovations for Inclusive Development in Tourism
Mari Partanen
The means of enhancing responsible tourism, which truly respects environmental and socio-cultural sustainability needs, have raised discussion. In her keynote speech, Dr Mari Partanen will discuss social innovations as a way of enhancing inclusive development in tourism and building resilience on a local level. Partanen will critically elaborate how social innovations position in tourism research and whether and how they can be seen as a way to make tourism more responsible while acknowledging the interlinked needs for sustaining socio-environmental systems at multiple scales.