Langå Natur Park: øko-turisme i lille skala

Vestergaard, Juliane ; Govender, Solfrid Imeland

4. term

Urban Design, Master

2009

2009-06-02

187 pages

This project takes point of departure in the town of Langå - developing a nature destination attractive for tourists as well as locals. When the municipal reform came in to effect in 2007, Langå lost its status as municipality capital to the larger city Randers. Therefore Langå now have to fi nd its stands in this new context. Since one of Langås main attractions is its nature and its close proximity to Gudenåen; already very popular with wildlife tourists and anglers, who use it for e.g. canoeing and fl y-fi shing, this project will investigate how this potential can be transformed in to a destination attractive for both locals and tourists. A Nature Park with an Experience Centre will draw on tourist sectors already established in Langå and around the river. It will further fall in line with a new form of tourism gaining ground, where the experience and adventure elements are becoming more important than the physical elements of accommodation and transport. With Langås train station and its location close to the regions two main cities Århus and Randers, the park gains the further advantage of being able to supply its visitors with easy and sustainable public transport, from the cities almost straight to the park. This is something pretty unique for a nature tourist destination in the countryside - encouraging visitors to consider the nature of their destination, even before they get to the park.

Dette projekt fokuserer på byen Langå og dens nye rolle, efter at den mistede sin status som kommune hovedstad til Randers i forbindelse med kommunereformen i 2007. Med Langås unikke natur og tætte forbindelse til Gudenåen, har projektet taget udgangspunkt i en udvikling af disse naturlige resurser til en Natur Park, som kan fungere ligeligt som en turist destination og et grønt offentligt rum for de lokale beboere. Som en del af parken er der udviklet design vejledninger til et sti system, der udover at guide besøgende rundt i parken byder på forskellige aktiviteter og udfordringer. Centralt i parken fi ndes et oplevelses center med udstillinger omhandlende de tre specielle naturtyper på stedet – Skoven, åen og vådområderne. Centret byder yderligere på forskellige events og oplevelser, der gør parken brugbar hele året rundt. Disse mange programmer og muligheder gør Langå Natur Park attraktiv for en bred brugergruppe. En succesfuld turist destination vil hjælpe Langå med at udvikle sin nye rolle i regionen, inden for en ny, omfangsrig og spændende industri hvor nye turisters søgen efter udfordringer, oplevelser og oplysning bliver mere og mere dominerende.

tourism ; Nature Park ; eco ; eco-tourism ; Langå ; Gudenåen ; Visitor Centre ; turisme ; Natur Park ; øko ; øko-turisme ; Besøgs Center

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