Welcome everyone
to my first blog on the new website for the course “Passions of Tourism”. This
travel journal will show you around Groningen and its touristic hotspots.
Groningen is known for being a lively student city and has many attractive
features which should convince tourists to visit Groningen. While Amsterdam
remains the Netherlands’ most visited city by tourists, the popularity of
Groningen is increasing[1].
This is mostly based on the growing numbers of Dutch people visiting Groningen[2]. However,
Groningen is interesting for both Dutchies and people coming from abroad. As a
student living in Groningen, I wish to not only discover the city through the
eyes of a citizen but also through another kind of eyes, namely those of a
tourist.
In the following
blog entries, different theoretical concepts will be introduced written by
several academics whose field of research is tourism. These will be applied to
the reality of Groningen. I will for example explore the concept “tourism” and
the meaning people give to this. All different sorts of spots in Groningen will
be visited by me, and will then be applied to theories and illustrated with photos.
This means I will be visiting places such as the Noorderplantsoen, Groninger
Museum and the Grote Markt, for these are the sites Groningen is known for.
So let me take you
on a journey through Groningen so that together we can learn more about tourism
and its related field of study!
- Tessa
