A different education

Students of the Tourism study program presented the history of Zagreb to international tourist experts

The 13^th Business Tourist Market PUT 2012 was held in Zagreb recently, a traditional annual gathering of tourist journalists and employees in the hotel industry, tourist agencies and tourist destinations, which has gathered more than 130 international experts.

A type of team building event was organized for the participants, organized by the agency Zdenac života (Well of Life), the realization of which included participation of 11 students of the VERN's Tourism study program. The goal was to familiarize the participants with Zagreb and its most prominent tourist attractions in an original way. The conference participants were divided in teams, each of which had a task to visit the city centre (Upper and Lower City), i.e. 10 different tourist attractions. The teams had a task for each attraction they visited, consisting of a riddle which reveals exactly what the attraction is, and after they have answered the riddle, they would go to that location. Throughout the program and while getting to know the city, the VERN’s students lead the way: Dora Krkvarić, Ana Palaversa, Petra Sabljar, Bernarda Trivić, Marko Ćorić, Marko Biondić, Ivan Ferenčak, Julijan Šalić, Ines  Horvat, Matija Kalistović and Marina Galušić.

The students have helped the visitors to find their way on the map of Zagreb and with riddle-solving, but simultaneously had to animate teams, and organize plays at the end of the day, on the topic of Zagreb’s past, which featured the conference participants as actors.

In addition to practicing in real life the role of tourist guides and organizers, the students have also in this way experienced the work in an international environment, because all the participants were from foreign countries.

We thank all the students who have joined this project and congratulate them for completing the task outstandingly, as also confirmed by the conference participants!