Archaeological tourism
Venice Carnival
For two weeks before Lent, Venice, which already attracts romantics from around the world all year round, is filled with bright masks, carnival costumes, music and laughter. Probably everyone has heard of the Venice Carnival, and more than half a million connoisseurs of the magical atmosphere of a medieval holiday come to admire this miracle every year.
A bit of history
Very soon, the Venice Carnival will celebrate its millennium anniversary, although the tradition of hiding faces at the festival appeared in ancient times. This helped aristocrats and commoners have fun together, forgetting about prejudice. By the 18th century, the carnival had become what we used to see it now – lush, rich, full of mysterious traditions and symbolism. Continue reading
Business tourism – organization features
Business tourism is an important and rather complex industry of tourism business. High responsibility, attention to detail and the ability to quickly and efficiently navigate in case of possible roughness during the trip are the key skills that a manager organizing a business trip should have. From other types of tourism, business differs primarily in the monetary component of the issue: the multimillion-dollar profit (or, conversely, loss) of the company sometimes depends on how well the trip will turn out, so the risks here are increased, and disorder and reckoning “maybe” are categorically unacceptable. Like any other type of tourism – from sightseeing and beach to shopping and medical – business has its own important organization features, subtly depending on the direction, season, goals and many other factors of the trip. We will tell about key subtleties of organizing business tourism. Continue reading
Archaeological tourism
Archaeological tourism is a trip as part of expeditions of professional archaeologists and historians to conduct excavations and other scientific studies. Almost every person with normal health and ready for a week or more to live in a tent can make such a trip. As a reward, a voluntary assistant to archaeologists receives a truly unforgettable experience of touching the secrets of antiquity. In addition, you can bring home quite tangible artifacts that do not need to be handed over to the museum due to the lack of their historical value.
Archaeological tourism in Ukraine gained great popularity back in the days of the Soviet Union. In those days, the involvement of volunteers who were not professional archaeologists in the expedition was widely practiced. This was due to the lack of staff for manual labor in large areas and complex facilities. Tourists, or rather, freelance employees, in turn, were attracted by the possibility of unlimited communication with scientists, regardless of their scientific degrees and significance. Continue reading
