LOCHABER Chamber of Commerce and the University of the Highlands and Islands this week announced a new European Commission- funded partnership that will help improve the skills of people working in the adventure tourism sector in the Highland region and in Estonia, Bulgaria, Ireland and Denmark.
From 2018 The Adventure Tourism Innovation Partnerships (AVIP) project, which includes the chamber, the university – which is lead partner – Tallinn University (Estonia), Varna Chamber of Tourism (Bulgaria), Momentum (Ireland) and the European E-learning Institute (Denmark), will develop education and training programmes to strengthen the skills of young tourism workers, particularly in economies disadvantaged by remoteness.
Responding to skills gaps in adventure tourism, the AVIP project has been set up to deliver quality, relevant, flexible, innovative and transferable learning pathways to students, entrepreneurs, employees and others.