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    CAMBRIDGE ARMENIAN SISTER CITY GROUP TO ATTEND TRAINING PROGRAM

    Cambridge Chronicle
    http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/new s/x1577093566/Cambridge-Armenian-sister-city-group -to-attend-training-program
    Sept 2 2008
    MA

    On Sept.15, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) will
    welcome a group of 10 professional tourism educators from Yerevan,
    Armenia, for a three-week training program aimed at enhancing tourism
    in Armenia. The program has been developed jointly by CYSCA and
    Middlesex Community College. Included in the group are educators
    from various universities and institutes in Yerevan involved in
    teaching tourism.

    Despite the historical heritage and natural beauty of Armenia as
    a tourist attraction, the quality of tourism services needs to be
    upgraded to achieve world-class level. The economic potential for
    tourism is great for Armenia, but the training of tourism specialists
    is left to a few educators, many of whom lack practical experience
    in international standards and norms expected by tourists.

    The training program, developed with Prof. Barbara Dexter-Smith of MCC,
    will include meetings with tourism faculty members at area colleges
    and universities that will involve seminars, roundtable discussions,
    talks and hands-on training covering specific objectives of the
    program. These include such topics as teaching methods, lesson
    planning, cooperation with the private sector, human resource
    management, international cooperation, promotion, market research,
    international tourism norms/standards, cultural tourism, ecological
    tourism, excursions/tours, ethics/behavior, organizing scientific
    forums/conferences, and others.

    The program also has cultural component. Participants will be exposed
    to American history, culture, values and everyday life as they visit
    historic and cultural sites in Greater Boston. Home-stays will be
    provided by volunteer host families.

    The tourism educators will present a panel discussion, "Tourism in
    Armenia: Challenges and Opportunities," Sunday, Sept. 28, from 3
    to 5 p.m. in the Armenian Library and Museum of America at 65 Main
    St. in Watertown. The moderator will be Barbara Dexter-Smith of
    Middlesex Community College. Co-sponsors are CYSCA and the Armenian
    Library and Museum of America. For more information, call the museum
    at 617-926-2562.
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