The Larnaca-Famagusta Provinces Development Company has been implementing a training program for agritourism since yesterday in Larnaca.
A company announcement states that "in the framework of the implementation of the Local Development Strategy of the Rural Areas of Larnaca - Famagusta provinces 2014-2020 of Measure 19 - Leader, proceeds to the implementation of an Integrated Training Program in the field of Agrotourism - Alternative Tourism".
It is added that "the aim of the project is to offer to participants, entrepreneurs and / or business personnel active in Agrotourism - Alternative Tourism of the LAG Intervention Area, specialized theoretical and practical knowledge, adapted to the Cypriot data, in matters of Agrotourism - Alternative ».
According to the announcement, the Training Program "Agritourism - Alternative Tourism" will be attended by 32 trainees who are residents of the Municipalities - Communities of the intervention area of the LAG and are entrepreneurs or managers or staff of companies in the field of Rural Tourism / Agriculture / Food . The training program will have a total duration of 49 educational hours, of which 35 hours are the educational lectures that will take place on 10, 14,17, 21, 24 and 2019 January XNUMX at the Environmental Information Center in Skarinou ".
The program includes a total of eight modules related to market elements and areas of development in rural entrepreneurship, applications of basic principles of business administration and financial management in rural entrepreneurship, succession issues in small and medium enterprises and human resources / personnel management, time management, new technologies and entrepreneurship rural - innovative product promotion methods - e-commerce, e-commerce, basic foreign language professional terminology, quality and professional customer service and development of computer skills.
The announcement also notes that "the training program includes 2 days (14 hours) educational trip that will take place in Tuscany, Italy, between February - April 2019. During the trip participants will have the opportunity to exchange experiences and learn new practices in agritourism ".
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