Tourist guides are an essential link in the tourism industry, connecting many different stakeholders and can, as such, be the main accelerators for cross border cooperation and cultural exchange, as well as business exchange. The Annual meeting of tourist guides 2019 will bring together these different stakeholders and will discuss possible options to strengthen the cooperation between them.
PROGRAMME:
» 10.00–11.00: On-site registration of participants
Economic Chamber of Carinthia
» 11.00 –11.15: Welcome and introduction
to the 2019 Annual meeting of tourist guides
» 11.15–11.30: The business location Carinthia and its role in the Alps Adriatic Region
by MMag. Dr. Meinrad Höfferer, Head of the Foreign Trade Department and EU-Affairs at the Economic Chamber of Carinthia
» 11.30–11.45: Connecting the Alps to the Adriatic
with key stories of the region
› The Counts of Ortenburg and their Alps Adriatic connections
by Patricia Gerlich, Austria Guide
› Dance Macabre – illustrations of the Dance of Death in the Alps Adriatic Region
by Irene Weber, Austria Guide
› Julius Kugy - the great mountaineer, botanist and writer, the explorer of the Julian Alps
by Martha Mann, Austria Guide
11.45–13.00: Panel discussion
TOURIST GUIDES – A LINK BETWEEN THE ALPS AND THE ADRIATIC
Moderated by Maja Čampelj and Tina Hudnik, G-Guides
13.00–14.00: Complimentary light lunch
hosted by the Economic Chamber of Carinthia, Fachgruppe Freizeit- und Sportbetriebe
14.00–16.00: *Post meeting programme
hosted by Austria Guides
» 1. Guided city tour of Klagenfurt
available in English, Italian, Slovene and Croatian
» 2. Wien – Klagenfurt – Triest
eine Zeitreise mit Kutscher und Wirtin durch 500 Jahre
Themed Tour available in German
If you wish to take part in the post meeting programme, please send an email to: tina.hudnik@gmail.com with the preferred tour and language. Places on the tours are limited.
