Tweet
Promoting Innovative Rural Tourism (PIRT) In the Black Sea Basin region
Exchange Visit to Turkey
24-10-2014 16:35:01 | Armenia |
24 October, 2014, YEREVAN Heifer Armenia's partner from
Turkey-Gumushane National Educational Provincial Directorate hosted
around 30 representatives of travel agencies and tourism sector
service providers from Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia on 18-22 October
2014 in the framework of the EU funded Promoting Innovative Rural
Tourism (PIRT) project. The project is implemented by Heifer Armenia
as a lead partner in cooperation with Heifer Georgia, VEDA (Varna
Economic Development Agency in Bulgaria) and Gumushane National
Educational Provincial Directorate from Turkey.
The regional group of tourism sector service providers and
representatives of travel agencies were in Turkey on exchange visit to
discover the flavor of Turkish rural tourism and learn from the best
practice of Turkish partners on how to promote rural tourism and
productively run their businesses serving the tourism sector in their
home countries. This exchange visit in addition to the exchange visits
to Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia organized within the project provided
one more opportunity to the participants to cooperate with the
partners engaged in the regional network of tourism service providers
from 4 countries.
"The tour was very impressive and very productive too", said Anahit
Ghazanchyan, Heifer Armenia Country Director. "We visited such
attractions of Turkey as Gumushane Karaca cave, Bayburt Baksi Museum,
Aydintepe underground city, Trabzon Uzungol, Sumela Monastery,
Ayasofya church, Rize ayder plateau, tea, nut and sucuk factories and
Bed and Breakfast businesses etc. all along or close to the Black Sea
coast", noted Ms. Ghazanchyan. Ms. Ghazanchyan added that the exchange
visits to Armenia, Georgia and Turkey provided wonderful opportunity
to travel agencies and service providers from the region to share
their practice, gain from each other and identify how they can work
together to attract tourists for travelling to the Black Sea Basin
region within one single package (Single cross border visitor's
package) developed within the project.
Ms. Medea Tsitskishvili, PIRT Project Coordinator from Georgia
stressed the importance of the visit in terms of strengthening the
network and cooperation between the service providers from partner
countries for future joint initiatives. "The service providers and
travel agents from Georgia, Armenia, Bulgaria and Turkey had one more
chance to meet, network and discuss opportunities of future
cooperation to foster rural tourism in the region", said Ms.
Tsitskishvili.
The PIRT project is directed at supporting regional cooperation and
cross border partnerships for economic and social development in four
Black Sea Basin countries (Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia) based
on combined resources through creation of rural tourism networks in
order to promote joint tourism development initiatives and traditional
products.
In the framework of the project a network of trained and capable local
service providers in rural tourism and travel agencies will be
established which will develop and sell a unique touristic product
Single Cross-border Visitor package (SCBV package). The SCBV package
will increase the inter-flows of visitors on the regional level and
contribute to unprecedented cooperation between national authorities
in the region and intra-country, aimed ultimately to sustaining the
cross-border impacts of rural tourism.
PIRT is co-financed by the European Union in the amount of 472,923.43
EURO through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The
project began in November 2013 and its duration is 18 months.
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
- See more at: http://www.nt.am/en/news/198677/#sthash.DMHCiwip.dpuf
Exchange Visit to Turkey
24-10-2014 16:35:01 | Armenia |
24 October, 2014, YEREVAN Heifer Armenia's partner from
Turkey-Gumushane National Educational Provincial Directorate hosted
around 30 representatives of travel agencies and tourism sector
service providers from Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia on 18-22 October
2014 in the framework of the EU funded Promoting Innovative Rural
Tourism (PIRT) project. The project is implemented by Heifer Armenia
as a lead partner in cooperation with Heifer Georgia, VEDA (Varna
Economic Development Agency in Bulgaria) and Gumushane National
Educational Provincial Directorate from Turkey.
The regional group of tourism sector service providers and
representatives of travel agencies were in Turkey on exchange visit to
discover the flavor of Turkish rural tourism and learn from the best
practice of Turkish partners on how to promote rural tourism and
productively run their businesses serving the tourism sector in their
home countries. This exchange visit in addition to the exchange visits
to Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia organized within the project provided
one more opportunity to the participants to cooperate with the
partners engaged in the regional network of tourism service providers
from 4 countries.
"The tour was very impressive and very productive too", said Anahit
Ghazanchyan, Heifer Armenia Country Director. "We visited such
attractions of Turkey as Gumushane Karaca cave, Bayburt Baksi Museum,
Aydintepe underground city, Trabzon Uzungol, Sumela Monastery,
Ayasofya church, Rize ayder plateau, tea, nut and sucuk factories and
Bed and Breakfast businesses etc. all along or close to the Black Sea
coast", noted Ms. Ghazanchyan. Ms. Ghazanchyan added that the exchange
visits to Armenia, Georgia and Turkey provided wonderful opportunity
to travel agencies and service providers from the region to share
their practice, gain from each other and identify how they can work
together to attract tourists for travelling to the Black Sea Basin
region within one single package (Single cross border visitor's
package) developed within the project.
Ms. Medea Tsitskishvili, PIRT Project Coordinator from Georgia
stressed the importance of the visit in terms of strengthening the
network and cooperation between the service providers from partner
countries for future joint initiatives. "The service providers and
travel agents from Georgia, Armenia, Bulgaria and Turkey had one more
chance to meet, network and discuss opportunities of future
cooperation to foster rural tourism in the region", said Ms.
Tsitskishvili.
The PIRT project is directed at supporting regional cooperation and
cross border partnerships for economic and social development in four
Black Sea Basin countries (Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia) based
on combined resources through creation of rural tourism networks in
order to promote joint tourism development initiatives and traditional
products.
In the framework of the project a network of trained and capable local
service providers in rural tourism and travel agencies will be
established which will develop and sell a unique touristic product
Single Cross-border Visitor package (SCBV package). The SCBV package
will increase the inter-flows of visitors on the regional level and
contribute to unprecedented cooperation between national authorities
in the region and intra-country, aimed ultimately to sustaining the
cross-border impacts of rural tourism.
PIRT is co-financed by the European Union in the amount of 472,923.43
EURO through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The
project began in November 2013 and its duration is 18 months.
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
- See more at: http://www.nt.am/en/news/198677/#sthash.DMHCiwip.dpuf