March 24, 20242 yr From UNESCO UNESCO and partners’ ongoing project ‘Achieving Sustainable Tourism with Intangible Cultural Heritage and Creative City Network in Waterway Cities of ASEAN’—it has already convened three dynamic seminars benefitting thousands of tourism professionals since its launch in September 2023 — is pleased to announce its upcoming, fourth installment in its South-East Asia seminar series, ‘Pattaya & Sustainable Festival and Event Tourism: Exploring Strategies for Growth and Development’. The hybrid seminar, to be held 10 April 2024, will focus on Thailand’s coastal city of Pattaya as a special case study for the potential to be had in fostering dynamic networks of tourism businesses in the ASEAN sub-region. Following keynote presentations, a panel discussion will explore the cultural significance of Songkran as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity; the role of hotels in driving sustainable festival and event tourism; and standards and efforts of various organisations in supporting sustainable events and festivals. Panelists include: Dr Chumpol Musiganont, Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration-DASTA (Public Organization) Mr Jongrak Rojpalasatean, Director of the Management System Certification Institute (MASCI) Ms Urai Mukpradabthong, Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand Office in Pattaya Ms Alisa Phanthusak Kunpalin, Managing Director of Tiffany’s Show Pattaya Webinar Details Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024 Time: 13.20–15.50, Bangkok time (GMT+7) Location: Amari Pattaya Hotel For on-site participation, please pre-register at: https://bit.ly/SongkranICH For online participation, please pre-register at: UNESCO’s Zoom
March 24, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, reader said: UNESCO and partners’ ongoing project ‘Achieving Sustainable Tourism with Intangible Cultural Heritage and Creative City Network in Waterway Cities of ASEAN’... The UN has a penchant for using acronyms and other initialisms. Internally, they refer to this particular project ASTWICHCCNIWCOASEAN.
March 24, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, Marc in Calif said: The UN has a penchant for using acronyms and other initialisms. Internally, they refer to this particular project ASTWICHCCNIWCOASEAN. ... except in France, where they reverse the order ...
March 24, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, thaiophilus said: ... except in France, where they reverse the order ... And of course in Israel!
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