1st Meeting of the Türkiye-Moldova Joint Tourism Working Group Held...

The “1st Meeting of the Türkiye-Moldova Joint Tourism Working Group” was held in Chişinău, chaired by Minister of Culture Sergiu Prodan on behalf of Moldova and by Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Nadir Alpaslan on behalf of Türkiye.

At the meeting, which was attended by Board Member Ziya Cihan representing TÜROB-the Association of Turkish Hoteliers, the parties evaluated priority areas of cooperation in tourism between the two countries, including investment and business development in tourism infrastructure, joint tourism product development, the legal tourism framework, human resources development and training, and mutual cooperation in the field of tourism events. Attending on behalf of Moldova were Sergiu Manea, President of the Employers' Association of the Tourism Industry of the Republic of Moldova; Anna Colța, President of the National Association of Travel Companies of Moldova; Natalia Țurcanu, Executive Director of the National Inbound Tourism Association of Moldova; Stanislav Rusu, President of the National Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Republic of Moldova; Aurelia Duca-Gribincea, President of the Association of Rural Tourist Guesthouse Owners; Vera Garciu, representative of the Gagauzia Tourist Information Center; Ion Iordachi, Deputy General Director of the Invest Moldova Agency; Andrei Chistol, administrator at the Ministry of Culture; and Irina Tolstousov, Head of the Country Brand Promotion Department of the Moldova Investment Agency. Attending on behalf of Türkiye were Ulaş Gönen Kırlı, Head of the EU and Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Onur Gözet, Deputy Director General of Promotion; Emin Özkan, Deputy Director of Investment and Enterprises; Dr. Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu, Deputy Director General of Tourism Operations and Product Development at the Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency; Burç Tutanç, Country Marketing Director at the Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency; Berat Yıldız, Counselor for Culture and Promotion in Kyiv; Dr. Gözde Şahin, Coordinator of the Bilateral Relations I Branch of the EU and Foreign Relations Department; and Canan Karaca, Culture and Tourism Expert at the EU and Foreign Relations Department.