For innovations, go to the exhibition!

On March 12, first-year students of the “Tourism” department of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine visited the KyivExpoPlaza exhibition center, where the Forum of Farming Technologies was held, as part of which a seminar on rural green tourism “Farming and Tourism” was held.

The seminar was opened by the Deputy Director of the Department of Farming Support, Cooperation and Development of Rural Territories — the Head of the Farming Support Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy S. Shupyk and the head of the NGO “Association for the Development of Rural Green Tourism in Ukraine” V. Vasiliev.

The event was attended by leading lawyers, scientists, representatives of regional tourism companies, in particular from the Kherson region.

The head of the Union, V. Vasiliev, unfolded the Roadmap for the development of rural tourism in the community, the head of the Regional Development Agency of the Tavria Association of Territorial Communities, the vice-president of the Tavria Tourism Alliance, the initiator of the Greenways project “Solyana Doroga”, P. Yarmii gave an interesting report about the tourist highlights Kherson region.

Among the speakers were also representatives of higher education, in particular the department of agricultural consulting and tourism of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine. Dr. E.Sc., Professor Kalna-Dubiniuk T. introduced the audience to the important place of counseling in the formation of the innovative consciousness of employees of the agricultural sector of the economy, and Associate Professor of the Department Lokutova O. spoke about the global trends in the development of the tourism industry and the place of rural green tourism and apitourism in this process .

Students had the opportunity not only to participate in the latest “innovations” in the agro-industrial sector, but also to enjoy a variety of organic products, a wide range of which was presented at the exhibition.

The seminar on rural tourism was held with the support of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Kyiv Regional State Administration and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

Olena Lokutova, associate professor of the department of agricultural consulting and tourism