On July 9-10 representatives of tourism and cultural institutions of Šiauliai city (Šiauliai TIC, Šiauliai culture center, Šiauliai art gallery, “Laiptai gallery”, Šiauliai city concert institution “Saulė”, culture department of Šiauliai city municipality) and employees of Bauskė municipality and tourism information center participated in an experience exchange trip in Latvia. The purpose of the trip was to get acquainted with the work of other tourist information centers, so during it, the participants visited as many as four tourist information centers in the Kurzeme region: Kuldyga, Ventspils, Liepoja and Grobinia. The managers of the tourism information centers shared their best practices – how the activities of the tourism centers are carried out, how the quality of the activities is ensured – they discussed issues of management and marketing strategies, and discussed the tourism situation in Latvia and Lithuania, noticeable similarities and differences. Excursionists also enjoyed the great opportunity to get to know Kuldyga, which radiates the spirit of the Middle Ages, to visit the ultra-modern Venspils science center “Vizium”, to get to know the mysterious Alsunga and its community, to visit the exclusive Mrs. Hoijere museum in the city of Liepaja, and to touch the ruins of Grobinia Castle.
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