Wednesday, June 13, 2007

New ambitious benchmarks: Georgia hosting 200,000 tourists

Within the framework of the development assistance programs to Georgia, Greece has begun implementing a fascinating development project in the field of tourism.

Between June 5th and 7th, a delegation from the Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) along with the President of the Greek Organization of Vocational Tourism Training, visited Georgia to interface with interested stakeholders and get a glimpse of the tourism potential that Georgia could offer. During the visit, discussions were held on a project concerning the development in Tourism in Georgia to be financed by Greek Aid in the framework of Georgian-Greek cooperation. The Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia as well as the Ministry of Education Science of Georgia are all taking part in this new and innovative plan to bring out more effective means to facilitate tourism in Georgia, and encourage the masses to explore Georgia as a new major tourist destination point.

“Tourism cooperation between Greece and Georgia is producing excellent results. Tourism is definitely a crucial sector of the Georgian economy and the creation of the school will be a big step forward,” stated Eleftherios Anghelopoulos, the Greek Ambassador to Georgia. [More]

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