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UNESCAP APETIT Marco Polo Programme
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 UNESCAP APETIT Marco Polo Programme
 
The Network of APETIT was promoted and established by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in September 1997. The purpose of the Network is to strengthen the institutional capabilities of various countries’ tourism training, education and research institutes, to encourage cooperation among them and to overcome the quantitative and qualitative shortages of human resources in the tourism industry.
To facilitate student exchanges among the member institutions, a new initiative “UNESCAP APETIT Marco Polo Programme” was proposed in 11th Executive Committee Meeting in Melbourne (Australia), further discussed in 12th Executive Committee Meeting and endorsed in 4th General Council Meeting in Hanoi (Vietnam). For more details, please click here.
 
 
   
 Student Exchange Programme
 
IFT actively promotes and develops student exchange programmes with its exchange partner institutions. Up to this moment, IFT has accepted students coming from mainland China, Europe, Russia, South Korea, USA, etc. for a semester or for shorter periods of study. An Information Guide for International and Exchange Students is tailor-made for the prospective candidates' reference.
 
 
 
 
  Summer International Exchange Programme
Every July, IFT holds a one-week Summer International Exchange Programme, which have been supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The programme aims to develop IFT's relationship with the partner institutions, to share experiences and to expose students to cultural diversity. Up to now, six programmes had been held and their themes were as follows:
Year
Theme
2007 Gastronomy and Tourism
2006 Managing Heritage Attractions for Sustainable Tourism
2005 The Conference Industry
2004 Sport Event Tourism
2003 Casino and Gaming in South East Asia - Its role in tourism development
2002 The Dynamics of MICE
2001 Tourism and Leisure
2000 e-Tourism
1999 Tourism and Environment
1998 Cultural Heritage as a Tourism Product
   
In the past years, students from Mainland China, Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vietnam had attended.
   

 
For more information, please contact the Office for International Affairs at office@ift.edu.mo for further details.
 



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