Can I teach to love? Love life, people, the city in which you live. It turns out you can. There is a great way: your own example. It is in this way that they learn to love their own city at Zhytomyr State Technological University.
The opening of a student excursion bureau at the university was shared by the coordinator of the educational direction “Tourism”, a teacher of ZSTU and the head of the working group Olha Milinchuk:
“In 2014, the university received a license for the opening of the specialty” Tourism “. At the moment, there is already a third set of students who receive such a specialty.
We organize many trips to the International Tourism Salon, as well as to the exhibitions of the restaurant and hotel industry, and to the factories. The purpose of our activity is to get acquainted with the tourist resources of the country, which are completely different: from religious, sacred to industrial. Everyone has the right to exist, but you need to know and be proud of them.
We have an experience in organization of excursions, and we would like to distribute it not only among students of the specialty “Tourism”, but also among other specialties. Therefore, we decided to open a student excursion bureau for all of us. ”
Specialists in the field of tourism argue that outbound tourism in Ukraine has good tendencies, and from the domestic – only begins to develop, tourism product at the stage of formation.
And the target audience for the development of the industry is enormous: students, teachers, representatives of public organizations, enterprises, etc.
“The demand for such services is interested in excursions around Zhytomyr. Prior to traveling in the region, the attention is somewhat lower, but knowledge of such objects is smaller. Therefore, educational activities must be carried out simultaneously. We conducted the first school of city studies, we will continue to study. We want to attract local lore, to do joint excursions. ”
That is why representatives of the tourist agency “Patriot”, who already have a professional tourist product, presenting Zhitomir dignity, were invited to cooperate in the student excursion bureau.
Sergei Dehtiarenko and Andrii Zhyhadlo talked about their activities, shared their work experience.
But the main leverage, according to Olha Milinchuk, is definitely loved for the city in which we live: “There is no future in the city whose inhabitants do not love him. Then the city is doomed to dying. And I want my city to be beautiful and flourishing. “

Translated by Aliona Matushevich