A Meeting Was Held at GTU to Create an Alliance of Tourism Education Program Leaders

A meeting was held at the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development of the Georgian Technical University to create an alliance of tourism education program leaders.

The event, which was held in a hybrid mode, was attended by representatives of the administration of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development, professors, and teachers, as well as a member of the Standing Commission for the Study of Problems of Mountainous Regions of the Georgian Academy of Sciences and a tourism expert, Professor Koba Arabuli, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Educational Programs of the Georgian National University and the Georgian Shota Rustaveli State University of Theatre and Cinema – Malkhaz Ghvinjilia, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Educational Program of Ilia State University – Giorgi Kemertelidze, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Educational Program of the Georgian International University Sopho Tevdoradze, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Educational Program of the Caucasus International University Lali Mikeladze, Head of the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Tourism Educational Programs of the Black Sea University Eka Devidze, Iakob Gogebashvili University of Georgia Telavi State University, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Tourism Manana Aladashvili, Head of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Tourism at Grigol Robakidze University Gigi Kuparadze, Associate Professor at Tbilisi State University.

Tengiz Gordeziani, Chairman of the Board of the Georgian Cartographers Association; Maia Topuria, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies, and Social Sciences of the Georgian State University of Technology; and Tamar Malaghuridze, Head of the Journalism Program.

The event was opened by the Head of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development. Professor Noe Khozrevanidze spoke about the problems of sustainable mountain development, the role of the faculty in this regard, its achievements, new opportunities, and plans. 

“The meeting participants agreed with our initiative to establish an alliance, and we discussed plans. We decided it is necessary to bring together the accumulated/separate experience, knowledge, and information. The union must be an excellent opportunity for young people to improve their knowledge and acquire practical skills in tourism.

The alliance members will participate in events organized by the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development of the Georgian Technical University. Among them, in the photo competition for students and schoolchildren “Glaciers as Water Resources”, which will be held in February-March and be dedicated to the International Year of Glacier Protection. The alliance will support the student newspaper “Motherland Begins with Mountains”. The newspaper will cover various events of the union and faculties related to mountainous regions”, stated Noe Khozrevanidze.