Build destination resilience and promote sustainable development in emerging economies
Over the past months Diana and Matthias have been working on an assessment commissioned by the DKKV Geschäftsstelle e.V., the German Committee for Disaster Reduction, and Futouris e.V., the Sustainability Initiative of the German Travel Industry, as part of a project that aims to build destination resilience and promote sustainable development in eme…
Sustainable Tourism in Berlin Districts
Annette and Matthias had the opportunity to moderate a workshop on the development of sustainable tourism projects for Berlin´s districts. This workshop should pave the way to provide attractive offers for Berlin´s visitors throughout the city and to attract them to areas they did not know before.
Study tour for Central Asian tourism suppliers in Germany
A delegation of 15 representatives of the CBT sector (community-based tourism), with participants from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, visited Berlin and Brandenburg at the beginning of July 2022 to take part in a ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop and learn about sustainable tourism experiences in Germany. mascontour organized the visit on behal…
Tourism Strategy for Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan
Hendrik and Nicole are working on a tourism strategy for Karakalpakstan, in the framework of the project “Support for economic reforms and sustainable economic development in regions of Uzbekistan” implemented by GIZ Uzbekistan. Following broad stakeholder consultations in March 2022 and validation workshops with both the public and private sector …
Sustainability training for the accommodation sector in Tunisia
Over the past weeks, Diana facilitated a presentation series for Tunisian accommodation providers with members of the German Sector Dialogue “Tourism for Sustainable Development”, as part of the GIZ Tunisia project “promotion du tourisme durable”. A range of different sustainable tourism topics were presented, such as circular economy, food waste, …
Sustainable Tourism Development in Northern Armenia
On behalf of GIZ, Matthias is supporting business start-ups and development of a regional destination management organisation (DMO) in Northern Armenia. As part of our services, we have done an evaluation of grant applications and participated in the selection committee for awarding subsidies to start-ups in tourism. Moreover, Matthias implemented …
Resilient Tourism Model of mascontour
Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, everyone has been talking about resilient tourism, but what does that actually mean? mascontour has developed a model on how destinations and tourism companies can position themselves more resiliently. In the future, it is no longer about solving problems, but avoiding them. The desire for consistency require…
Strengthening private sector stakeholders and tourism associations in the Palestinian Territories
Maeve, Nicole and Martin have been engaged with stakeholder talks, workshops and business coaching to support the local tourism industry. Some of the mascontour´s task were to support upgrading local businesses, improve their products and find ways to become more resilient. Maeve for example offered a workshop on “Coopetition!” (when to collaborate a…
Cooperation agreement between mascontour and IUS Latam
mascontour and IUS Latam have entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly promote innovation, digitalisation and sustainability in the tourism sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. IUS Latam is an innovation agency based in Chile and created with the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through innovation processes a…
Support of the Tourism Recovery Process in the Palestinian Territories
We are supporting the Palestinian Territories in the tourism recovery process. In this regard we are developing a monitoring system including a training programme to check compliance with COVID-19 standards, which mascontour played a major role in developing. In addition, we are creating six microlearning courses to further expand the E-Learning-Pl…