The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of tourism, wellness and well-being in unprecedented ways. Firstly, people become more inclined to look after their mental and physical health and restorative trips into nature have become a leading tourism and wellness global trend (Global Wellness Summit, 2022). Secondly, the tourism and wellness economy need recovery after a long period of hard lock-down. The sector needs fresh innovative and sustainable skills, ideas and approaches in relation to forest-related trends in a digital setting and this is where the need for the FORESTWELL project comes from.
The FORESTWELL project aims to create innovative, attractive educational approaches within the vocational education & training sector specifically within the wellbeing tourism arena.
The objective of the FORESTWELL project is to develop an innovative and sustainable teaching module in an Augmented Reality environment for Vocation Education & Training (VET) providers, VET learners and entrepreneurs in the tourism and wellness industry to develop the knowledge and skills aimed at capitalizing the latest megatrend known as forest-based wellbeing, wellness and tourism.
This report will identify forest-based skills in tourism and wellness enterprises within our partner countries across Europe including, Slovenia, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, & Portugal and highlights the gaps within VET educations within the sector.
Through the work on this we will develop the Forestwell educational program and Massive Open Online Course. These training materials will be tailored for VET educators and trainers and in company trainers aiming at ensuring green, digital and sustainable forest-based knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Through the implementation of the FORESTWELL Educational Program we will be able to try and test the materials with our target group to ensure that our materials are of the highest standard.
