Educational Tourism

Government is committed to ensuring that a skilled workforce is in place to provide world-class services during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and to support training for the expansion of this vital industry in the years following. As part of that commitment, government has established a tourism and hospitality consortium in consultation with stakeholders. The British Columbia Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training Consortium will provide overall strategic direction and facilitate communication and planning among educational institutions, industry and government to ensure the education and training requirements of tourism and hospitality are met.

In the following pages you will find the names of Italian Secondary High Schools which would like organize exchanges of classes with other foreign Countries, work and languages, training experiences in Companies, twinnings and partecipation in international cultural events and school trips. The Italian Secondary Schools presents their projects with various possibilities for hosting students and with a full program of cultural activities which can be planned togheter.

As part of our outreach initiatives and efforts to continually improve on educational programs, EARTH has created an Educational Tourism Office within the Continuing Education Program. The objective of this office is to reaffirm our environmental and social commitment, promote human development, strengthen and innovate the educational system and offer visitors the opportunity to share the rich experiences of the tropics. Objective: Integrate the educational component of the University and its outreach with the current tourism demand. For more information about the different educational tours available at EARTH, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our doors are always open for any questions or support you may need:

Tigrai: - is the northernmost region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. At the heart of the Horn of Africa, it is bounded to the north by Eritrea, to the west by the Sudan and to the east and south by the Afar and Amhara Regions of Ethiopia. Tigrai covers a little more than 80,000 square kilometers, most of which are highlands between 1500 and 2000 meters above sea level. In eastern, southern and northeastern areas, mountains reach above 3500 meters. Toward the west and northwest, the land slopes downwards to the dry lowlands of Sudan's Savannah belt.

DiscoveryThailand.com is a Thailand travel resource and Portal website based in Bangkok, Thailand. Our aim is to inform tourists about attractions and activities you may want to experience all around the kingdom of Thailand. The idea is to be a complete Thailand traveling site suitable for novices and experts alike. For those who have never visited Thailand, DiscoveryThailand.com can provide extensive information about the country, the cultures, the attractions and everything else you need to get started. Experienced travelers can simply dive directly into a particular section catered specifically for different type of traveling from adventure tours to cultural excursions. As a complete one stop shopping for users, DiscoveryThailand.com also has direct room booking feature which allows users to reserve rooms nationwide at very special rates.

The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational initiatives in tourism and leisure. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. ATLAS currently has members in more than 70 countries