Westgeest, Livia (2022) Tourism Alliance Friesland Internship Report. Internship report thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
My Global Responsibility & Leadership bachelor courses and travels in my gap year have given me a great interest in the tourism industry. But, for a long time, I was not able to pinpoint how I would like to pursue this industry. Through the course Sustainable Tourism, lectured by Lucia Tomassini and Elena Cavagnaro, two professors at the University of Groningen, I found that my interest lies in the field of sustainable tourism. Therefore, I felt eager to explore this field through an internship, to discover what this would mean in practice. I contacted Elena and Lucia for internship recommendations in sustainable tourism organizations in the Netherlands, as I figured going abroad would be complicated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through Elena, I got acquainted with Marjan Soepboer, the secretary of the Tourism Alliance Friesland (TAF). After an introduction and multiple meetings, I got accepted for an internship position at the TAF. Marjan arranged that the main focus of my internship would be the Vitale Horeca or Vital Hospitality project. As the project was still very much in development in April 2021, my role in this was not yet set out in stone. The Vitale Horeca project aimed to create a baseline measurement of how the restaurant industry in Friesland is functioning and measure in what state every restaurant is situated. Marjan and I wanted to create a role for me where I could apply my interests in sustainability and thus see if I could take up a part of the research focused on sustainable hospitality. When I started my position in September, my role took many different turns. I would like to thank Marjan Soepboer for taking me in as an intern at the TAF and giving me the freedom to take on projects which fit with my circular economy and tourism interests. Marjan gave me the opportunity to become a project manager for the first time in my life and introduced me to a large tourism network in Friesland. Through her guidance and feedback, I have grown significantly this past half-year. I would also like to thank Lucia Tomassini for guiding and advising me through this internship and always being available for questions and feedback. This internship has been an inspiring learning experience for me and has given me a better idea of what career field I would like to pursue in the future. In addition, I am grateful to have met so many lovely and like minded people along the way such as Hanneke Schmeink, Lucia van Oene, Jojanneke Gootzen, Natasja Kesteloo, and Robin Rappard. I hope you enjoy reading about my projects and experiences at the TAF in the following internship report.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Internship report) |
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| Name supervisor: | Tomassini, L. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2022 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2022 06:58 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/96 |
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