Turistične destinacijske organizacije: Gonila povezanega kreativnega zelenega razvoja in trženja

Assist. prof. Tanja Lešnik Štuhec, PhD has experience in managing and constructively participating in research, consulting and projects with a direct impact on the economy. She studies the areas of sustainable development of socially responsible destinations and their stakeholders. 15 collective brands in Slovenia are created according to the Authentic from Slovenia model, of which she is the author. As a lecturer at the Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, she teaches courses related to sustainable tourism development, destination management and rural development, protected areas and networking. She actively participates in a lot of project (for example the Tourism 4.0 project), is a member of the Pohorje Development Group and leads the activities of developing and marketing the offer of the mentioned brands.

Brežice, Slovenia. E-mail: lesnik.tanja@um.si

dr. Barbara Pavlakovič is an assistant professor in the field of destination management at the Faculty of Tourism. Her fields of research are sustainable tourism, as she deals with the strategic development of sustainable destinations, their events and adaptation to climate change, also in the light of renewable (geothermal) sources. It also deals with various forms of cultural tourism (for example, industrial tourism) and aspects of the safety of the tourist offer.

Brežice, Slovenia. E-mail: barbara.pavlakovic@um.si

Nejc Pozvek is an assistant and researcher and as a geographer he mainly covers the field of geography of tourism. He is also active in teaching and research in the fields of destination management and strategic planning in tourism, and project-wise he is involved in the field of climate change in tourism, collective brands and content related to environmental and regional development topics.

Brežice, Slovenia. E-mail: nejc.pozvek@um.si