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Project “Greenways Product” Workshop on Creating Tourism Product in Latvia
WED, May 21, 2014 Workshop Venue – Hotel Astor Riga; Riga, Latvia
Program
- 8:30 – 9:00 Registration of participants, coffee
- 9:00 Opening of the Workshop
- 9:05 Welcome speech – Representative from the JSC Latvian Railway
- 9:10 Welcome speech – Member of Parliament of the Republic of Latvia
- 9:15 Welcome speech – Mr. Raitis Sijāts, Project GreenWays Product coordinator in Latvia – VTA
- 9:20 Ms. Carmen Aycart, Greenways Product Project coordinator – Spanish Railways Foundation – Welcome speech and Project activities report
- 9:35 Ms. Mercedes Muñoz, Director of European Greenways Association Greenways and sustainable tourism in Europe
- 9:50 Ms. Arantxa Hernández, Spanish Railways Foundation – Spanish Greenways Program (1993-2014)
- 10:05 Mr. Raitis Sijāts, Project coordinator in Latvia – Greenways Product Project activities in Latvia
- 10:20 Ms. Anna Kupče, Mr. Jānis Sijāts, VTA – New Latvia GreenWays and EuroVelo Map
- 10:40 Ms. Giulia Cortesi – Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta – Greenways and EuroVelo Map in Italy
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Mr. Toms Altbergs, Chief specialist of the the Latvian Railway History Museum + Ms. Ilze Sauša – Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. Research work about GreenWays in Latvia
- 12:00 Mr. Miguel Pereira – Associação Portuguesa de Corredores Verdes. Greenways in Portugal
- 12:20 Mr. Jesús Blázquez – Pangea (SME) – First steps to create a product on Greenways
- 12:35 Mr. Richard Weston – University of Central Lancashire, Institute of Transport& Tourism (UK). Cycling in Europe – economic impact of the cycling tourism (from local – to international)
- 12:50 Panel Discussions, questions
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:30 Study visit to Rīga–Ērgļi GreenWay line. Departure to Keipene railway station by bus.
- 15:30 Visit to Ķeipene Railway Station and Cinema Museum. Drive with bus to Kangari
- 17:30 Visit to Kangari Railway station. Short cycling tour
- 19:30 Return by bus back to hotel in Riga
MAP: VISIT TO GREENWAYS LINE NEAR RĪGA (May 21)
Workshop was organized by Vidzeme Tourism Association with the cooperation of the European Greenways Association (EGWA) and Spanish Railways Foundation. It was held in Hotel Astor Riga and attended by Members of Parliament, municipality planning experts and tourism experts and entrepreneurs.
The workshop was organised in the framework of the Greenways Product Project.
