BSc Tourism

This week's has been uploaded again! It delves ;) deeper into water pollution. Using the Stakeholder Salience Model this thesis examines if a “green destination” is always as sustainable as it seems? Zooming into Lake Bled, a globally renowned tourism destination facing growing environmental pressure from increasing visitor numbers. Numbers that are putting its most valuable asset at risk: the lake itself.
This study explores how stakeholders, ranging from local residents and tourists to environmental agencies and the Slovenian government perceive and respond to the declining water quality. With the Stakeholder Salience Model as a framework the research reveals that although local actors are taking action, real power lies at the national level. Read the full research project on our blog!

is back!
With the start of thesis coming closer and closer for third year students we will start posting the theses of last year’s cohort. To inspire those soon starting their writer but also all others interested :)

This week’s zooms in on a research on Diversifying tourism in Sri Lanka: the challenges and opportunities for tourism in rural areas of Sri Lanka, with a perspective from international tour operators. Check out the full thesis on bsctourism.com

it's again!!
Hey everyone! I’m Tessa, first year BTO student and today I’m sharing my first solo trip from last summer ☀️
I traveled to Schladming, Austria by train and stayed there for 1,5 weeks. I had a ticket for free transportation so I traveled around the area and saw a lot of different places each day! I could also take the cableway for free which was awesome because there was a heatwave when I was there so hiking was quite exhausting! I also made a one day visit to the Dachstein glacier which has an altitude of 3000 meters. It was my first time being on a glacier and I really enjoyed it! It was so weird that it was really cold and misty on the top and 30 degrees Celsius in the valley.
I also hiked to the Riesachsee and Steirischer Bodensee which are two beautiful lakes, located between the mountains which made it such a magical place. Often times i just sat on the grass, listened to the cowbells and the water, and read a book or sketched a bit.
I had the most magical time in Austria and would definitely recommend to go there as well! The people there were also so friendly!

Today's Minor Monday is a double post by and , part 2/2
¡Hola! We are Gijs and Maren and we are currently on our exchange at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain🇪🇸

Alicante is a very lively city, people stay outside until late so it’s never quiet here. You are most likely to find us in some bars or clubs, since there are many of them. The beach is also a place where we go a lot, because the weather is still amazing. It was 30+ degrees until November, now it is “only” 20 degrees. Alicante has the best sunsets, which you can either watch from the castle or the harbour.

Although our uni schedule is not that advantageous, we try to enjoy our free time as much as possible. Together with some friends we went to Valencia, some football games, different beaches and a lot of parties, and there’s a lot more on the planning. We even ran our first half a marathon here! ESN also organises a lot of actives we joined, like day trips to waterfalls or hiking, and weekly beer pong nights.

About uni itself, it surprised us how big it was, especially compared to the Breda Campus. It has a beautiful scenery and theres always something happening. Additionally, there are many sport facilities. Fun fact: they sell cheap beers on campus, and it’s common for the Spanish students to drink in between their classes.

Gijs follows Economic Policy, Private International Law, Design and Management of International Business Projects, Sociology of Consumption, Global Economics of Tourism as mandatory subjects. Some subjects are definitely tougher than others but overall the level is a bit easier than in the Netherlands, and the exams are very different of what we are used to.

Maren follows the courses Civil Legislation and the Tourism Industry, Social Change and Communication, Contemporary Economic, Social and Political History, Types of Tourist Areas, and Sociology of Consumption. Moreover, we both take Spanish classes as an additional subject.

We are both very happy with our choice to go to Alicante and we really enjoy it here :)
Feel free to ask any questions!