Touch TD help the ArcticHubs project circulate its key findings and solutions through a lively webinar series
Tag: Research
Social Licence to Operate (SLO) – can it help communities receiving cruise tourism in the Arctic? ⚓️
Touch TD set sail on an Arctic cruise, and test if the concept of social licence to operate (SLO) may be viable to apply in the tourism sector?
Varangerfjord – Resilience and innovation on the fringes of the European Arctic
Touch TD drops in on an unassuming Arctic outpost, that is adapting to climate change whilst simultaneously getting used to becoming a new political hotspot!
Casting out the arctic research net – in the field with Touch in Tromsø
Touch TD take a closer look at research around the challenges faced when balancing aquaculture, fisheries and tourism in Arctic Norway
Retaining jobs – sustaining communities in the westfjords of Iceland
The ArcticHubs project team in the remote Westfjords corner of Iceland, focus applied research into how rural communities may be more effectively sustained
Everyday oral histories – what makes Digbeth, Digbeth?
This brief article reflects upon a recent experience Touch TD had gathering oral histories from around the industrial heritage heartland of Birmingham. It outlines how the collecting of such experiences and memories can help to map out not only a sense of place, but additionally highlight some of the processes that can lead to such […]
Expanding Lake Ohrid UNESCO WHS
The project was designed to address the expansion of the mixed natural and cultural heritage around Lake Ohrid region shared between Albania and North Macedonia. It strengthened trans-boundary cooperaion over the region’s cultural and natural heritage, helping recognize and profile the trans-boundary area by asesessing its values and sustainable development opportunies.
Historic England’s future engagement with ICH
This project was a collaboration between WSP Cultural Heritage & Archaeology and Touch TD involving interviews and desk research through the offices of Historic England. The purpose of the project was to advise Historic England on how it can engage most appropriately and effectively in the development of thinking and activity related to Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
Buzludzha monument: sustainable cultural tourism plan
Through ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC), the project aimed to develop a sustainable cultural tourism plan to support destination development at the Buzludzha Monument in central Bulgaria. The monument is a dissonant aspect of cultural heritage that aims to align with the other layers of the tourism offer developed in the municipality of Kazanlak.
Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Destinations – Building Local Value Chains
It is an exciting time for tourism in Kent. The transformation of the traditional seaside holiday and the growth of cultural tourism create opportunities for a wider range of businesses than ever to be part of the visitor economy. ‘Sense of place’ is now a key ingredient of contemporary experience based tourism, but delivering that […]