MSc. Mari Shioya

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• MSc. Mari Shioya
• 3.6.2009

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Report of the work of past 6
monthsAttend university seminars and
exams-Ecological Economics (winter semester
2008)-Theory of Environmental Planning (winter
semester 2008)-English language/ Spanish
language (winter semester 2008)

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• Seminar for the western Balkan region
• -implementation of the International Multilateral
  Agreements in the field of Biological and
  Landscape Diversity.
• Joined in GoverNat Meeting in Budapest
• -getting new idea from international meeting
  about Multi-Governance of natural resources.
• Teaching geology, history
• -obtaining new vision for the idea of world
  history and geology (world heritage management)

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Literature Review - ongoingl?Resilience
theoryl?Social-Ecological Resiliencel?The
Concept of Biodiversityl?Importance of
Biodiversityl?Tourism tourism and
sustainability (Martin
Mowforth, Ian Munt)

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Plan of the work for next 6
months-Possibilities/problems in tourismHow
many tourists/ Japanese tourists come to SK?? My
primary question and interest to study in this
country.-Research work on tourism-Promotion of
(green) tourism in SK, Ireland and Japan. What
can bring tourists? what can attract tourists?
natural attraction - incl. national park world
(natural) heritage site cultural attraction -
incl. world (cultural) heritage site,
festivals--name brand(national park, world
heritage)??Any other fact to attract tourists?

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Tourism Promotion/Advertisements----Media
sources (push and pull)------poster-TV -radio
-magazine-web -what is the most/more
effective way of the promotion? questions to
tourists.more visible (effective) advertisement
from SK to abroad. (how many Japanese
tourists come to SK?? my primary question and
interest to study in this country.)

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Slovak tourism agency -Slovakia Tourism.
-8 languages contents- sk, en, fr, de, hu, ru,
ne, po.-various photos, videos. inquiry/polls,
weather forecasts, currency calculator,
downloads, articles---interesting site for
tourists. but how many people look at that? how
many foreign(european, american, asian, african)
people come up with the idea to have holiday in
SK?image of the country. Tatra mountains?
caves? forests? how people get the image???

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SK can be the holiday/leisure attractive
place? Yes, how?natural/historical/cultural
resources who knows about them? (any existed
problems or foreseen problems in the future? )
tourism economic resource
tourism - cost effective industry green
tourism, cultural/historical management pressure
from tourism to the existed system resilience?
(Adaptive capacity to cope with pressure.)

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Japan image of the
country-oriental Japan Tourism
Agency-established in October 2008 under
ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and
tourism.promotion is -? Poor/weak. poor
information on English version (last update on
october 2008 to tell the Agency has opend
)problems- soil erosion, over-crowded in natural
sites (Mt.Fuji, Oze-Nikkou) by intensive
tourismcultural attraction - fair
enoughnatural attraction ??as a market - Japan
is one of the emerging tourist market (missing
nature?)

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Ireland-Tourism Ireland. (Failte Ireland
and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board)funded by
the Irish Government and the Northern
Ireland.tourism succeeded in tourism-attract
6millions people per year. (Irish
population-4million)cooperation between
Northern Ireland and Republic of Irelandpros
economical resources- high percentage (how much?)
through whole year by mild weather (cool summer,
warm winter) -conssoil erosion in Wicklow
mountain NPwater contamination in Killarney
NPpressure from tourism and farmland.

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• Practical experiences(possibilities)
• Ireland
• Volunteer conservation ranger work in Killarney
  National park.
• SK
• Internship in British Embassy in Bratislava/ UN
  office in Bratislava
• Japan
• Ministry of Environment?
• Tourism Agency?

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• MSc. Mari Shioya
• 3.6.2009

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• MSc. Mari Shioya
• 3.6.2009

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Thank you for the attention.