The WOA Dnipropetrovsk continues to implement the project “Cross Cultural Encounters: Ukraine - USA”.
Today the aim of the project was to introduce the WOA and its resources to the students majoring in “Tourism Management”. It was the lecture “Tourism Management in the USA”.
At the initial stage of the project students of the Kyiv University for Arts and Culture (Dnipropetrovsk branch) have been invited to the WOA center.
Svitlana Usenko, the head of Window on America center, presented the resources of the Center (Books, Movie Club, Rosetta Stone etc.)
The group of students with major in “Tourism Management” watched the numerous videos introducing the top transportation companies of the USA – airlines, cruise companies, railroad company Amtrack, bus company Greyhound, etc.
Moreover, American travel professionals’ associations were introduced to the students by Tamara Gavrilyuk:
ASTA – the American Society of Travel Agents, is the world's largest association of travel professionals http://www.asta.org
NACTA - the National Association of Career Travel Agents, was established in 1986 as the original association with a mission to represent the interests of independent and home based travel entrepreneurs. http://www.nacta.com
Virtuoso® – a network of the world’s finest travel agencies with knowledgeable advisors who draw upon first-hand experience to craft the perfect vacation .The company positions itself as “Specialists in the art of travel “ www.virtuoso.com
The students were impressed by the scale of tourist business in the USA and the technical level of the transportation companies.
The book display “USA Landmarks” received a lot of attention from the students. The samples of tourist reference literature from the center’s resources were presented: Fodor’s guides, The Smithsonian guides, Zhultz guide, National Geographic guide, etc.
Number of the visitors – 17
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