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Futureproof Tourism: Co-Designing Sustainable Journeys in Vallagarina

Futureproof Tourism: Co-Designing Sustainable Journeys in Vallagarina

Rethink Tourism Through Innovation, Inclusion, and Biodiversity
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Our Challenge

How can tourism in the Vallagarina area (Trentino region) become more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient to climate change? Join the first S4T Challenge, a collaborative innovation sprint developed in partnership with ECIU, the Municipality of Rovereto, ApT Rovereto e Vallagarina and the S4T public-civic hub. Students from across Europe will work in interdisciplinary teams to explore disruptive ideas and real-life solutions for reshaping the future of tourism in an Alpine territory facing biodiversity loss, mobility challenges, and climate disruption. The challenge will take place in Rovereto and will use co-creation methods inspired by the New European Bauhaus values: sustainability, inclusion, and beauty. Participants will engage directly with local stakeholders, experiment with creative tools, and propose new tourism models that align with ecological regeneration and cultural heritage. Get ready to imagine, design, and test ways to make tourism a driver for positive territorial transformation.

The Team

NM
Natalia Magnani
Teamcher
33 learners
Study format
Blended
Application period
28 July – 17 September 2025
Study period
27 October – 14 November 2025
Credits
3 ECTS
Hosting university
University of Trento
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Learning outcomes

Sustainable Tourism

Educate on travel that minimizes negative environmental impacts, respects local cultures, and contributes to the well-being of host communities.

ESCO SKILLS

Learn about local area tourism industry

Tourism in a local area can generate revenue through tourist spending, supporting local businesses like hospitality, transportation, and entertainment.

ESCO SKILLS

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Information

Vallagarina is a very central place when considering climate change and biodiversity loss: it is located on the southern side of the Alps, a hotspot for climate change, and thus an ideal place to create and test solutions to adapt cities to its effects and reduce its causes.

ApT Rovereto e  Vallagarina is the local consortium for tourism development and is looking for strategic and innovative solutions to shape the future of tourism in Vallagarina. This important economic sector will need to reshape itself.

Station 4 Transformation is a New European Bauhaus-based hub for public and civic participation whose goal is to imagine and experiment with sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful ways to live in the city and the valley, also to spread them to other cities in Europe.

You will be a host here and enjoy some peculiar experiences to “taste” what it means to be a tourist here.

You will also talk to local entrepreneurs and operators to understand today’s challenges and plans for the future, and you will join some classes and workshops to learn about the changes this area is going to undergo and how they will affect the tourism industry.

Hosting university

University of Trento

University of Trento

Challenge provider

Azienda per il Turismo Rovereto e Vallagarina