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POLAND ITGD 2017
From Jan Żebrowski
International Tourist Guide Day 2017 was marked in Poland by
several tourist guides. In Ostroda they held
Lectures and a walk around the city for residents and visitors and
all enjoyed cake too!
PUERTO RICO ITGD 2017
From Hilda Morales
The Asociación Puertorriqueña de Interpretación y
Educación, Inc. (APIE) participated in ITGD too. Although our
Botanic Garden was closed to the public, the administration
of the gardens opened its doors to the museum guides od
Caguas. They took part in a programme of activities to
celebrate ITGD 2017. Guariquitén helped us out and
prepared us a delicious creole lunch as you can see in the
photograph!
ROMANIA ITGD 2017
On February 19th, the Romanian Tourist Guide Association celebrated the International Tourist Guide Day 2017!
This special day, celebrated all over the world is a WFTGA (World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations) initia-
tive. Our aim was to bring together professional tourist guides in order to create a great community. The events
followed the UNWTO (UN World Tourism Organization) theme for the year - 2017 International Year of Sustainable
Tourism for Development.
The initiative is a multi year-long program engaging the campaign in three dimensions:
1. Celebrating International Tourist Guide Day 2017.
2. Education actions to spread the IY2017 messages in seminars, meetings and conferences.
3. Public Awareness Actions, by engaging in awareness campaigns.
Check out their initiative in the official webpage of the 2017 International Year in
http://www.tourism4development2017.org/events/international-tourist-guide-day-2017-sustainable-tourism-and-
tourist-guiding/
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