Track chair:
Prof. Renata Tomljenović ,  Institut za turizam, Zagreb, Croatia

Track co-chair:

Rationale

the track is aiming to discuss new emerging topics and form of tourism development in COVID times with concrete implementation options and projects

• Challenges and opportunities for tourism in COVID time 
• Digitalization and Smart Tourism - new opportunities, exchange of experiences
• New forms of tourism and rethinking and mobilizing traditions forms of tourism
• Benefit  of new forms of tourism to local society and integration of new business solutions
• International / Nordic and Northern European connections and matchmaking
• Concrete implementation and demonstrations
• Projects

Objectives 

• to identify new forms of tourism that can be put in to practical implementation
• to collect and to identify and to promote possibilities of DNRW tourists staying on Mljet island of season for a longer time
• to develop partnership local and international partners to develop pilot project on  DNRW friendly Mljet islands

TRACK AGENDA


Introduction to new forms of tourism and Digital Nomads  

• New forms of tourism, remote work as an opportunity to develop safe, socially responsible sustainable tourism on islands, rural areas and in small cities.
• presentations of touristic services by islands, rural communities, tourist broads
• Best practices,  and experiences of rural areas and islands
• Digital Nomads and Remote Workers (DNRW) tourism
  

 
Mljet presentation as DNRW friendly island
 
New forms of tourism

• Thematic tourism
• Cultural tourism
• Gastro tourism
• Artistic residencies
• Volunteering tourism business cases, examples and new opportunities
• Tourism and peacekeeping
• Homes exchange touristic program

 
Tourism Integration

• Social entrepreneurship and volunteering tourism  vs thematic tourism for rural/islands communities and schools
• Smart Tourism

 
Technical and operational aspects

• Digitalization and role of ICT , Data Analytics and digital tools in tourism and marketing
• Tourists Health safety for 2021 summer autumn tours

 
Cooperation and marketing channel

• Finnish, Central Baltic,  N. European tourism agencies presentations and experiences
• thematic tourism opportunities (could be put online) from Baltic and Adriatic regions/islands

 
Implementation

• Session on discussion of common interests , cooperation possibilities , new projects )open for proposals)
• Marketing matchmaking session (on line tools to be activated)
• partnership for DNRW friendly island

Panel session
DNRW freindly islands and digital villages - what is needed to make it work ? 
Moderator:
Panelists:

TRACK OUTCOME

• Repository of touristic offers from islands and LAG5 , Konavle rural areas including  volunteering, digital nomads, cultural, education, schools exchange tourism (to be put on line) 
• Discussions and participants views of business perspectives and feasibility of new forms of tourism development *thematic tourism, volunteering tourism, artistic ,scientific c residency) 

input to implementation session : 

• Discussion of common interests , cooperation possibilities , new projects (open for proposals) for Digital Village on Smart DNRW friendly  islands 
• Marketing matchmaking session (on line tools to be activated), marketing channels proposals review , SWOT

• local business and project , partnership proposals, cooperation projects development
• staring community building for Digital Village on Smart DNRW friendly  islands  partnership for DNRW friendly island (local and international) in cooperation with TRACK 3 (Science)