Nature Positive Tourism Training, Italy

During the five-day practical training programme at the Abruzzo National Park in Italy, you will gain insight into the current state of sustainable tourism. Other topics will include nature conservation, local rewilding initiatives, partnerships, community involvement, nature-based industries and hospitality. The week will consist of outdoor classrooms, learning sessions and experiences.

This field training is designed for tourism entrepreneurs, tourism professionals, nature guides, in-nature facilitators, and those generally interested in nature & responsible travel.

The field training is for participants who have completed or will follow the Nature Positive Tourism Online Training. If you sign up for this field training, the online training is free of charge and included in the price.

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Course topics and activities

You will be introduced to the current state of responsible tourism, nature conservation & local rewilding efforts in this area.

What does this look like and how can you implement this yourself?

Adjusting a mindset and learning to work towards being nature positive, become a custodian and see how the success of your business is intertwined with sustainable nature.

Nature positive is a mindset.

This course will show you what local conservation & rewilding efforts look like.

How can you include conservation & rewilding in your tourism offerings and really help nature? What does that relationship look like?

The most successful conservation areas across the globe have strong ties and connectivity to local communities.

Integrating a community engagement policy into your business should be one of the biggest priorities you have.

The success of an area is reliant on the success of local enterprise, its partners and the long term protection of our natural areas.

Your business should have both direct and indirect impact for nature...not on nature.

Training in an environment that shows how good hospitality when paired with amazing natural settings can elevate guest experiences to a new level.

Learn the simple truth behind hospitality and the art of delivering it.

Arrival and orientation in Italy

Day 1 - Arrival at Pescasseroli

Transfer from Rome Fiumicino to Pescasseroli - Welcome Lunch in town - Recap of the Online Training learnings and Expectations for the week - Dinner  - Overnight in Pescasseroli

Day 2 - Into the wild

Morning sessions  - Breakfast - Hike up to the mountain refuge - Lunch - Nature Positive Tourism Sessions - Sunset Wildlife Watching - Dinner - Campfire - Overnight at Mountain Refuge

Day 3 - Nature conservation & community

Sunrise Hike & Wildlife watching - Breakfast - Hike back to the valley - Nature Conservation & Community Engagement program - Dinner - Overnight in PescasserolI

Day 4 - Bringing it all together

Breakfast - Nature Positive Sessions & Assessments - Sunset Hike - Dinner - Overnight in Pescasseroli

Day 5 - Last learnings & final goodbyes

Morning Sessions - Breakfast - Debrief - Transfer back to Rome Fiumicino

Accommodation and board during the training

Included is:

• LODGING: local hotel accommodation, mountain refuge
• MEALS: Includes all local meals & drinks, plus packed lunches on field days
• TRANSPORT: Local transport, transfers from Rome Fiumicino Airport
• TRAINING: Includes Materials and instructors from MOYO and local guides

Leisure & free time

With 60 hours of training packed into 5 days.. there is little time for leisure.

But you will be hosted on an exceptional level and thoroughly looked after.

Broaden your horizons in Italy!

The region of Abruzzo National park

The Abruzzo National Park, besides being the oldest national park in Italy, is also the richest in biodiversity.

Here lives one of the rarest world species, the Marsican brown bear, which can weigh more than 200 kg. The population of this plantigrade with very solitary, quiet behaviour doesn't reach 100 individuals.

They feed on what nature offers: fruits, berries, grass, insects, honey, plants, roots and other animals. In the Park also live the endemic Apennine Chamois, the Apennine wolf, the red deer, the roe deer, the wild boar, the golden eagle and the white-backed woodpecker, together with many other species, composing an exceptional biodiversity.

MOYO Training works with Rewilding Apennines for this training, which aims to communicate the concept of rewilding and how tourism can be used as a force for good.

You want to know more about the trip, you can find detailed information here.