Abinash Sahoo- India

Attending the 1st Seminar of “CulTY” was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had in my life. For the first time, I have participated in an event whose objective was to promote tourism and involvement of young professionals within. I presented my report on “Alternative Tourism” at the event to highlight a certain aspect of tourism.

The event was organized by RAS (Restoring Ancient Stabiae) foundation, a non-profit Italian foundation which was born to promote the ancient archaeological park of ancient stabiae.I feel grateful to be able to present my perspective among various individuals from nations that are culturally rich as of my own like Greece and Vietnam.

As we all know, tourism has been contributing to a distinct percentage of economy of a nation. The opportunities still persist to improve the management of the entire system. These opportunities were discussed and few solutions were provided to tackle the challenges faced, in this transnational event. All of us shared their own perspective of tourism and the ways to implement it in the respective countries. The seminar was supplemented by many team building activities and musical events.
HANOIKIDS!!!A perfect idea of alternative tourism. It involves in facilitating tourism in a hope to bring travelers an insight into Vietnamese culture, traditions and beautiful tourist attractions.

The best part of the event was on-site and off-site activities. It includes a visit to Villa Arianna and Sorrento. Restoring the villas which was buried in volcanic ashes from centuries is a just incredible.The seminar concluded with a delicious ancient Romanian Dinner.

A big thank to OSVSWA for making me a part of it and special thanks to the consortium for designing this beautiful project exploiting the youth potential across the Globe.