Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development: Communicating and telling places
Turismo, Cultura e Sviluppo Territoriale: comunicare e raccontare i luoghi

Summer School in Geography of Tourism

30th August – 4th September 2010
RIMINI CAMPUS – Via Angherà, 22 – Rimini

The Summer School in Geography of Tourism is organized every year in Rimini since 2006, by the University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics. Every year programme changes and adapt to frontier challenges in the topic.

Topics of the 2010 edition will be: Geography of Tourism, Heritage & Territory; Social History & Tourism;
Virtual Spaces, Social Networks And Tourism: from concept to public; Itineraries Planning & Promotion: the case of the “Rotta dei Fenici”; Communicating and telling places trough the performing arts: the “traffic.art+dance project” and more cultural projects; Local and Regional communication policies: roles of destination management organizations (DMOs); The experiences and marketing strategies for promotion and for territorial development: The case study of the APT Servizi srl in Emilia-Romagna; World Heritage and local development: communicating and promoting an outstanding universal value.
Attracting events included in the program: the case of the Palacongressi and the Convention Bureau.
Study Tour: Telling the territories: guides, landscape & testimonials.

Partners of the project: AIIG – Italian Association of Geography Teachers – Emilia-Romagna Unit, Almatourism – Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development; APT Servizi srl – Emilia-Romagna; Casa Artusi, Convention Bureau della Riviera di Rimini, EGEA – European Geography Association for students and young geographers, Jammin’ Party Hostel Rimini, Music Theatre International-MThI Rome, Network UNESCO/UNITWIN – Culture Tourism & Development, Phoenicians’ Route, European Cultural Itinerary of the Council of Europe, Province of Rimini, Regional Studies Association, Società Geografica Italiana, Tonihotels, UNI Rimini, University of Bologna – Advanced School in Tourism Science, University of Haifa – Israel, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia.

The Lecturers are: I. Amaduzzi – Marketing operation Manager at APT Servizi srl, A. Barone – Director of the Phoenicians’ Route, European Cultural Itinerary of the Council of Europe, D. Calanca – Researcher and Lecturer in Social and Contemporary History, Department of History, University of Bologna, F. Dallari – Director of the summer school, Associate professor of economic geography and UNESCO Chair, University of Bologna, M. Gottifredi – President of APT Servizi Emilia–Romagna, S. Grandi – Lecturer in Cultural Geography University of Modena & Reggio Emilia and Research Fellow RCEA, Y. Mansfeld – Associate Professor at the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies and Head of the Center for Tourism Pilgrimage & Recreation Research University of Haifa, F. Lamponi – Promotion and Marketing Officer at the Convention Bureau of the Rimini Riviera, P. Roversi – Italian TV anchorman of successful series dedicated to travel & tourism “Turisti per Caso”, “Velisti per Caso” “In viaggio con Darwin”, A. Mariotti – Researcher and lecturer in geography of tourism GIS University of Bologna (Italy), R. Curiazi – Assistant researcher in geography & tourism history, P. Sarcina – President of Music Theater International Cultural Event Project manager (Rome, Italy).

Organization & Contacts

Facoltà di Economia – Rimini, Università di Bologna
Director of the Summer School: Prof. F. Dallari fiorella.dallari@unibo.it
Coordinator: Dr. S. Grandi silvia.grandi@unimore.it
Tutor: Dr. R. Curiazi roberta.curiazi@unibo.it
Students Affairs Office: Ms. V. Macchini valeria.macchini@unibo.it
tel +39 (0) 541 4 34 337 fax +39 (0) 541 4 34 235