TrainForTrade seminar on sustainable tourism for development for Cambodia and Lao PDR

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Tourism is recognized as a high-potential sector and a priority both by Cambodia and Lao PDR, which rank among the leading LDCs in terms of international tourist arrivals.

To further assist Cambodia and Lao PDR in reaching socio and economic development gains through the generalized implementation of sustainable tourism practices, the TrainForTrade programme of UNCTAD is organizing a training seminar on sustainable tourism for development.

This event, jointly organized with the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia and with the support of the French government, will be held in Phnom Penh from 21 to 25 February 2010.

This event is expected to benefit more than 30 Cambodian high level officials, including at the provincial level, and 5 government officials from Lao PDR.TrainForTrade is a programme of the UNCTAD Division on Technology and Logistics.

Source = unctad.org