Sarah Ticherou

2nd Youth Tourism Conference..

As the busy Summer season drew to a close and whilst things were still fresh in everyone’s minds, it was decided that now was an excellent time to reflect on key issues that have come to light over the Summer. With this in mind the 2nd UK Youth Tourism in Greece conference took place in Athens in October. Not only did we want to gain input from as many people as possible but we wanted to look at the results of the publicity campaign which had targeted over 400,000 youth tourists across Greece.

Conference participants were all those who have a part to play in the safety and organisation of youth tourists in Greece. This included the Mayors of the main youth resorts, representatives from the Greek Ministry of Tourism, the Greek Tourist Board, police and British tour Operators. For some it was the first time they had ever met together. We got a first-hand briefing on how everybody felt the season had been, an update on progress and action taken following the last conference and some brain-storming about what the next steps should be. The publicity campaign was deemed a great success - a useful step in the right direction and something that should carry on for Summer 2009. It was heartening to see that all participants have such excellent co-operation and are keen to work together to achieve short and long-term goals. The Ambassador chaired a lively discussion and we’re now looking at more activiities to further reduce the amount of incidents occurring. I genuinely believe with the continued commitment of all that next summer will be even better.

Posted at 07:11 16 October 2008 by Sarah Ticherou  |  Comments[1]