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International tourism training project launched in Estoril

Training

11.07.2019

Turismo de Portugal, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Estoril Higher School of Hotel Business and Tourism (ESHTE) are joining forces to launch the TIA - Tourism International Academy, an ambitious international training project that includes the first International School of Tourism within the framework of the UNWTO Academy.  

The official ceremony, which marks the start of this initiative, takes place in Estoril on 16 July. This is the first of several projects marking the redevelopment of the Estoril campus of the Turismo de Portugal School, transforming it into the TIA. 

Besides the UNWTO Training Centre and the two schools already operating there (Turismo de Portugal School and ESHTE), TIA includes a Tourism Innovation Centre, spaces for the incubation of companies in the sector, the Macau Tourism Training Institute (IFT), an application hotel and a residence with capacity to receive 150 students. 

It is recalled that Portugal signed on 24 May 2018 a memorandum of understanding with the UNWTO, which signed the commitment of both to work towards the development of education, one of the priorities of the current UNWTO Secretary-General. Under this memorandum, the UNWTO and the Turismo de Portugal Schools started a joint work that is now embodied in the TIA.  

Portugal was the first country to sign an agreement of this type, a recognition by the UNWTO of the unique work that Turismo de Portugal has been doing in terms of training and innovation.  

The session will be attended by the UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili, the Minister of Economy, Pedro Siza Vieira and the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor.​​​​​​​ 


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