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By Alexander H.J. Otgaar, Leo van den Berg, Rachel Xiang Feng

ISBN-10: 1409402207

ISBN-13: 9781409402206

Commercial tourism, outlined right here as tourism regarding visits to operational businesses and business background, bargains possibilities for person agencies and for towns yet how can or not it's organised in this type of means that they the advantages outweigh the prices for either? through analysing case reports of Wolfsburg, Cologne, will pay de los angeles Loire, Turin, Shanghai and Rotterdam, this ebook examines how business tourism should be effectively built, leading to concrete ideas for towns and firms with objectives during this box.

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Today Wolfsburg is – after the city of Hannover – the second biggest centre Autostadt, Wolfsburg 27 of employment in the German federal sate of Lower Saxony (City of Wolfsburg 2008a). Its strong economic position is also shown by the fact that 55,957 people commuted to Wolfsburg in 2006, whereas only 5,807 persons commuted from Wolfsburg to their place of work located elsewhere (City of Wolfsburg, 2006). The omnipresence of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg also means that Wolfsburg’s economy is dominated by the company.

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The ‘Green Factory Tour’ has been designed as a response to the increasing environmental consciousness of the public. Before this initiative, Volkswagen was actually already investing a lot in environmentally-friendly techniques, while this was not always evident enough to all stakeholders. This gave rise to the introduction of a special factory tour dealing with environmental issues, which started in summer 2008. This ‘sustainability tour’ will also bring visitors in touch with issues like water treatment and green techniques and will inform about Volkswagen’s initiatives to restrict pollution.

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