On the 22th of February, I joined the slavery tour through Amsterdam along with my classmates. As it the title already suggests, the tour is about the history of slavery within Amsterdam, but also of the Dutch role within the slavery time. The interesting thing is that this tour doesn't only show you buildings or statues, but it also tells you something of the people that are behind these buildings, statues or paintings which made it really interesting. In the blog below, you will find my view on the slavery tour based on the Critical Succes Factors of intangible culture. Feel free to enlighten yourself!
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I've always wanted to visit Rome, as I love everything that is Italian and as I have a special interest in the Roman Empire. After some thinking, my girlfriend (Nicole) and I decided to book it. A trip to Rome! I went to Rome on the 26th of February until the 29th of Rome and we booked it through KLM package deals (which I recommend everyone). In this blog I will write about Rome as a tourist destination, but also about how I experienced Rome during my stay, my theater of dreams. If you're interested (which you are!), then feel free to enlighten yourself below. Introduction
On the fifteenth of February I attended to my second excursion for the minor Destination Development. This was going to be a tour that was all about 'dark tourism' within Amsterdam. The tour was organized by Karel Werdler who also happens to be our professor at the marketing and managing destinations lessons. You can see him and Phillipa Collin behind that white ghost on the picture above. Now, you might think: Dark tour? Are you doing a tour by night? Are you going to explore some dark places in Amsterdam? No, that is not what this tour is about. This tour is mostly about morbidity and death which, surprisingly seems to be very popular if I have to believe the words of Karel Werdler. Yes! Here I am again! I have been absent for a while due to a turbulent and heavy internship at Prinos Reizen. About 4 weeks ago I started my second minor: Destination Development Management. If you want to know more about Destination Development you should visit the website of Inholland or you can send me an message. In order to complete my minor successfully, I need to write an Body of Knowledge (BOK). Originally, this needed to be in the form of a portfolio, closed for publication. However, after writing blogs, I received a lot of positive reactions which made my persuade my professors to make it possible to do a part of the BOK on my blog so that you can enjoy the fun of reading my blogs once again. I will create different categories in which different subjects will be adressed.
In the category 'Excursions' I will write about the excursions that I attended to during the minor Destination Development. I will use the Critical Success Factors that where given to my by one my professors. Introduction On the second of February we had our first excursion which was organized by Phillipa Collin. We had to come to the gathering point which was the 'Brood' café on the NDSM Werf in the North of Amsterdam. The excursion was called: 'Remember the good times' which referred to an online tour that we had to download on our smartphones on before hand. We where divided in to two groups and Phillipa walked along with the group where I was in. The idea of the tour was that this online tour would guide you through the surrounding area by telling stories and showing movies that where linked to a certain place. By using your GPS on your phone the online tour guide would recognize where you where and then started to tell a story when you arrived at an designated place within the map that was given within the tour guide app. Ik heb een tijd niks gepost of geschreven, ook omdat ik ervaringen aan het opdoen was om over te schrijven. Gelukkig heb ik die ervaringen mede dankzij het fantastische Prinos Reizen kunnen opdoen. Zonder hun hulp, had ik al deze mooie verhalen niet kunnen schrijven en had ik al deze ervaringen waarschijnlijk nooit meegemaakt. Ik zou iedereen dan ook aanraden, wanneer je op vakantie wil, Prinos Reizen te overwegen zodat je net als mij terug kan denken aan fantastische ervaringen met topservice.
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AuthorAnthony Voskuilen, a driven tourism student, football player, brother, son and friend. Determined to achieve greatness on whatever path life sends me. Become wise.
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