East & MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL CONGRESS 2025: EUROPEAN TOURISM: SHAPED BY TIME, TRANSFORMED BY GEOPOLITICS
Introduction
Hello guys and welcome to our first and beloved East & Mediterranean Regional Congress 2025 hosted by EGEA Timisoara and EGEA Cluj-Napoca!
In Eastern and Mediterranean Europe, tourism was heavily shaped by the political and economic system. The socialist regime limited traveling abroad, focusing on domestic tourism and arranging group travel to other countries. Due to the well-developed infrastructure and limited services in Eastern Europe, tourism was aimed at middle-class workers. Tourism was heavily controlled, limiting foreigners’ access to certain areas. In the Mediterranean regions, countries such as Greece and Turkey, although not communist, were caught in the middle of the Cold War, which also impacted their tourism industries.
In contrast, Western Europe operated in a free-market system, attracting millions of global tourists with developed infrastructure, iconic cultural landmarks, and diverse accommodations. Citizens had the freedom to travel internationally, making the region a major global tourism hub.
Therefore, the fall of the Iron Curtain 35 years ago marked a significant turning point in European history and tourism, ending the isolation between Eastern and Western Europe. Eastern Europe modernized and opened to international tourism, while Western Europe retained its more developed and globally renowned status. Once-inaccessible cities like Prague, Budapest, and Bratislava now offer a blend of history, architecture, and culture.
Together with our partners, we, the EMRC 2025 Orga Team, are eager to show European geographers how tourism in Europe was shaped by time and influenced by geopolitics.
how much time till EMRC 2025?
22 April from 14:00 to 26 April from 12:00 Europe/Romania
Programe
Potential workshops
Hi guys, the wait if over!
Now you can fill the form and apply as a workshop or training leader at the EMRC 2025!!!!
Don t think too much, you have time till the 29th of January.
You can find the link to the form down below!
EMRC 2025 Registration
We encourage you to fulfill this form if you want to attend East & Mediterranean Regional Congress. The participants fee is 138 euro. Please remember that if you want to apply for support fund, now is the time. Once the registration call is closed and you didn’t apply for support fund, you will not be considered. After the deadline you will receive an e-mail either with the confirmation or with the waiting list.
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