Using Educational Tourism in Geographical Education

Abstract

The article analyses and defines the concept of educational tourism, presents the structure of the concept and looks into the opportunities for using educational tourism in geographical education. In order to reveal such opportunities a research was carried out in the Lithuanian national and regional parks using the qualitative method of content analysis and the quantitative method of questionnaire survey. The authors of the research identified the educational excursion activities conducted in the national and regional parks and established the areas of geography in which such activities could be used. The questionnaire survey analysed the current situation in the area of educational activities. The research into the variety of educational excursions in the Lithuanian national and regional parks confirmed opportunities for the integration of educational tourism and geography.