Travel pavilion

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The travel pavilion was an annual event for sustainable travel from 1991 to 2010 , which originated as a trade fair in Hanover . In 2008 it took place in Stuttgart and in 2009 in Munich . In the anniversary year 2010 it was converted into an international specialist congress , the venue of which was the Federal Press Office in Berlin .

Development history

The travel pavilion was first held in Hanover in 1991 in the Raschplatz pavilion. At that time it attracted 38 exhibitors and 1,800 visitors. Over the years, the local “marketplace for other travel” has developed into an internationally unique platform for sustainable travel. Against this background, in 2002 it was the kick-off event of the international ecotourism year . In the following year, 2003, the company moved to the Hanover exhibition center and started cooperating with a classic leisure fair , which was designed to appeal to a wider audience. This goal was achieved and the number of exhibitors grew steadily. In 2007 about 300 exhibitors from 30 countries were represented at the fair, which delighted over 25,000 visitors. In order to bring sustainable travel closer to end consumers in southern Germany, the travel pavilion moved to CMT in Stuttgart in 2008 and to f.re.e in Munich in 2009 . In 2010, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, it was realized as an international specialist congress in Berlin, for the last time. The travel pavilion had fulfilled its historic role: Sustainable tourism has found its way into traditional travel fairs, travel agencies and the virtual travel market.

Exhibition and congress concept

The fair was essentially conceived as a public fair, which was also reflected in the offer (musical interludes, cabaret and childcare). It offered tour operators , holiday regions, large protected areas, universities and non-governmental organizations a platform to introduce themselves to potential customers and interested parties. The accompanying program comprised specialist events, travel reports, shows and discussions. One focus was on a sustainable trade fair design: the exhibitors had to submit a sustainability declaration. The organizers also endeavored to run the fair in an environmentally friendly manner. As a specialist congress, the travel pavilion was primarily aimed at tourism professionals, tour operators, representatives of non-governmental organizations of all kinds, teachers, politicians, media representatives and interested laypeople.

Focus and topics

An important element of the travel pavilion has been the thematic focus, which has changed annually since 1995:

  • 1995 Sustainable tourism and traffic & cycle tourism in Lower Saxony
  • 1996 Leisure activities in tourism and tourism on the Wadden Sea
  • 1997 Tourism and Biodiversity
  • 1998 Marketing of nature as a strategic factor in tourism
  • 1999 Sustainable tourism as a mediator between nature conservation and agriculture
  • 2000 Leisure and recreation in a landscape made by human hands
  • 2001 ecolabel
  • 2002 Tourism in large protected areas
  • 2003 Summary of the International Ecotourism Year
  • 2004 Vacation in, on and around the water & environmentally friendly school trips
  • 2005 Sustainable city tourism and film series about development cooperation countries
  • 2006 Sustainable tourism in development cooperation countries with a special focus on South Africa
  • 2007 Successful marketing of sustainable tourism offers from development cooperation countries
  • 2008 water and tourism; Travel in times of climate change; 10 years of forum anders reisen
  • 2009 Sustainable tourism along and beyond the Green Belt
  • 2010 Education for Sustainable Tourism & Tourism and Climate

Awards

In 2002 the opening event of the UN International Ecotourism Year took place at the travel pavilion. The fair received the following awards in different years:

  • 1999: Lower Saxony Environment Prize
  • 2000: Green palm from Geosaison magazine
  • 2000: Award for Best Conservation Practice from the Global Nature Fund ;
  • 2004: Environmental certificate from the German Association of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators
  • 2005: the Stattreisen project “sustainable class trips” was named an official decade project by the UN decade of “Education for Sustainable Development”
  • 2007: Special prize from the Willy Scharnow Foundation for tourism
  • 2010: SKAL International, Award for Sustainable Development in Tourism

literature

  • Maximilian Gorski: Sustainable tourism using the example of the Hannover Travel Pavilion . Grin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-638-94082-5 .