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LINGER IN NATURE – Niche formation to urban

ecotourism

in Denmark

Jesper Holm, Associate Professor & Jane Widfeldt Meged Associate Professor Roskilde University, Denmark

Presentation at TEFI

Puhätunturi

, Finland 2-6th of June 2018

Merging urban- and ecotourism in new waysThe project on Urban Ecotourism focus on establishing a number of guided tours in two protected areas: National Park Skjoldungernes Land around Roskilde and Nature Park

Amager very close to the city center of Copenhagen.

Land of Beowulfs / Roskilde City Amager nature Park/Copenhagen

Urban Ecotourism 2017 - 2019

Bottom

up participatory

Development of narratives, identity and physical infrastructure

Product Development

Guide Entrepreneurs Educating

the travellers

Roskilde University

The Tourist Guide

Diploma

Program

The Forest School. KU

Guide/

Entreprenuers

Norrøn

Arhictects

Territory for

Dreaming

A

theoretical

model for development of Urban Ecotourism + blueprint for other parks

Roskilde UniversityCopenhagen University

Dissemination and networking

Review of Urban Ecotourism, guides role and learningHistorical review: DK´s STD

Roskilde

University

Historical review finding: Background on Denmark No

Sustain/Eco-Tourism! Why?Nature and National Parks in Denmark – new, urbanized and full of culture

Guides` historical roleGuide`s role in ecotourism - state of art INUT carves out new roles for the entrepreneurial urban eco guides

What about urban Ecotourism ?

Urban Ecotourism

On more sustainable nature/city balance + interpretation and education

Conventional Tourism – all types and all places

Forming a niche to impact the regime - Transition Theory Grin, Schot, Rotmans, KEMP

Socio technical landscape

- ‘external variables:

Macro economics, political culture and coalition, social values, belief systems and paradigms, demography, natural environment, new global middle classes traveling

Regimes:

dominant practices, norms and shared assumption that structures the conduct of private and public actors

Path dependencies – standard tours

Biased towards system optimization

Niches:

local domains where non-standard practises and technology develops

Strategic niche management or experimentation– eco-tourism, ecological farming and eco-housing

Learning processes and social experiments

Forming a transition arena vith change agents

TGDP Tourist Guide Diploma

Programme NAKU Nature and Cultural Interpreter Education

10 Workshops

Researchers

21

Diploma

Guides/nature guides/

artists

entreprenuers

34 students

TGDP (RUC)

NAKU (CU)

DMOs

Lifestyle

/Social

Entreprenuers

i

n the Two parksArchitectsThe

munici-palityThe tourist industryAttractionsInterest groups

Workshops & Tours 201808-06-20188

Preliminary results

11 new tour products with nature-eco

focus, an event and a webpage. All in the pipeline or on the market

2 new modules in Tourist Guide Diploma Program

A vibrant

network of tomorrows

eco-guides

34 studentsHave successfully passed

exams in urban eco -tourism

A

theoretical

framework

of Urban

eco

tourism

2

prospects

for both parks

Points of reflection

The

guides do become transition agents; adopt the notion of urban eco-tourism and network with eco-pioneers, the tourism trade, and each otherGuides use different “roles” in their own practice and understanding –

a challenge to be a normative guide, a role model or deliver messages of contingencyNetwork between different stakeholders and trades is the key to innovation and development – but it needs to be facilitatedThe industry appears to be more ready than before – however attention on green washing & urge to “fit”= compromise time and scope for

ecotourism