CARE Consortium Workshop at ISET
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On Thursday and Friday, 28-29 of January, ISET Policy Institute hosted CARE consortium workshop under the ENPARD project (Cooperation for Rural Prosperity in Georgia). The workshop was attended by all four consortia members: CARE International in the Caucasus, ISET Policy Institute, Regional Development Association (RDA) and Georgian Farmers Association (GFA). During the meeting past achievements of the project were highlighted as well as the strategy for moving forward was agreed. After two years of its launching, consortium members discussed the challenges and opportunities the program is facing at the moment, the lessons learned during the past two years and the ways to better facilitate cooperative development across the consortium target areas in Western Georgia.
Global Tourism Trends and Perspectives
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On Wednesday, January 27th ISET hosted Mr. Marcio Favilla Lucca de Paula, Executive Director for Operational Programmes and Institutional Relations at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) based in Madrid, Spain. World Tourism Organization became one of the UN specialized agencies in 2013 and is the newest one among 14 specialized agencies. The organization has more than 150 member states along with affiliate members encompassing private organizations and universities.
Dr. de Paula delivered a speech on global tourism trends and perspectives. He started his presentation with global tourism statistics showing impressive increase in the number of international tourists travelling around the world from 25 mln tourist arrivals in 1950 to 1 bln in 2012. He also discussed the definition of the term “tourist” and the difference between 1 day visitors and visitors who stay in the country at least for 1 night but less than for 365 days. Latter are defined as tourists. He also pointed out the importance of residence instead of nationality when accounting for international tourists.
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